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Solve : Here we go again...Facebook Scam? |
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Answer» A new MALWARE laden FACEBOOK e-mail out in the wild again...pass this along. Shame is how many will fall for this...What's a shame is why the AV scanners aren't picking up a virus which has been around for such a long time.Because scanners don't pick them up til they've landed...and people do dumb stuff... Live background scanning is a false sense of security. Ask anyone in the business who's knowledgeable about it and they may take the time to explain it....Shouldn't email attachments be scanned by default on most scanners though? Yahoo! mail scans attachments before you even get the download window. Quote from: Helpmeh on March 23, 2010, 03:25:27 PM Shouldn't email attachments be scanned by default on most scanners though? Yahoo! mail scans attachments before you even get the download window. That isn't even the point. It doesn't matter how many checks and balances there are, dumb people will continue to find ways to usurp the anti-dumb controls and do dumb stuff, like allow malware to run. And then they will turn around and blame the "dumb computer". The only people that should be fooled by this are the same set of people who might actually believe that their bank has "lost" their PIN and bank account number and needs them to send them to a random hotmail account. Quote from: Helpmeh on March 23, 2010, 03:25:27 PM Shouldn't email attachments be scanned by default on most scanners though? Yahoo! mail scans attachments before you even get the download window. Doubt it.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 24, 2010, 03:48:20 AM Doubt it.Doubt which part? The fact that Yahoo! Mail scans attachments, or that scanners should scan incoming attachments by default. Quote from: Helpmeh on March 24, 2010, 04:32:08 AM Doubt which part? The fact that Yahoo! Mail scans attachments, or that scanners should scan incoming attachments by default. That Yahoo scans attachments. In fact, I doubt any web-based e-mail scans for VIRUSES. as far as I'm concerned, scanning attachments is the clients responsibility anyway.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 24, 2010, 04:42:10 AM That Yahoo scans attachments. In fact, I doubt any web-based e-mail scans for viruses.Yahoo! Mail automatically scans attachments before they are attached and before they are downloaded with Norton (Affiliated with Yahoo!) Anti-Virus (not great, but better than nothing). I agree that it should be the client's responsibility, but some people just never remember (or don't think they can get viruses like that).Just a tip for those on Facebook who may be concerned with things like this. Join the Facebook Security group and/or visit the below link every once in a while to get all latest security threats. http://www.facebook.com/#!/securityahhh why do they always use Facebook for scams? It is quite alarming as most people when they are on facebook are always off guard and I think that these malicious people are aware of that factor and that is why they do this grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Well, IMHO, it's because they're easy targets. I've been noticing a trend in my school: those who use facebook are far less "Internet savvy" are are also more susceptible to clicking links that go someplace they don't know. Quote from: Helpmeh on March 24, 2010, 06:28:30 AM Yahoo! Mail automatically scans attachments before they are attached and before they are downloaded with Norton (Affiliated with Yahoo!) Anti-Virus (not great, but better than nothing). I agree that it should be the client's responsibility, but some people just never remember (or don't think they can get viruses like that). correct, I have yahoo mail too. But that doesn't mean all people are SMART about it.Wooh let's click a random e-mail attachment, .zip, from an unknown sender, with a random number. LOL! That is just really dumb..Quote from: Helpmeh on April 07, 2010, 01:17:52 PM Well, IMHO, it's because they're easy targets. I've been noticing a trend in my school: those who use facebook are far less "Internet savvy" are are also more susceptible to clicking links that go someplace they don't know. This is an E-mail. It is not sent through facebook. Also, why would people on facebook be "off-guard"? Last time I checked it was part of that place called the Internet. People like to call sites a "safe corner" in the internet but corners can have sharp edges.Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 07, 2010, 01:48:03 PM but corners can have sharp edges.Hahaha, funny. |
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