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Posted on 03/05/2014 12:16:51 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
It’s a sad day for the Internet… according to Trend Micro’s security analysts, it’s been discovered that photographs of both sunsets and — even more heartbreaking — cats being shared across the web contain malware capable of getting into your bank accounts.
(Excerpt) Read more at petapixel.com ...
The problem with the “don’t click if you don’t know it” strategy is that it just doesn’t seem to work, in my experience. People can’t resist opening mail, or going to a website link someone forwards them. Even if they are very good about it, they can go to a legit website and get malware from a compromised banner ad. Might as well just plan on getting malware, and learn how to fix things when you do. I think of it like learning to change a tire and jumpstart a battery if you want to drive a car.
I LOVE that game!!!
That’s great to know about protecting everything on your personal internet, but some of us are below the poverty level and have to take the knocks when they come.
Solution? Check your accounts every day and dispute EVERY transaction you don’t recognize.
I caught a scammer from Europe once, being diligent about my account. The bank refunded my money as soon as I signed the affidavit and issued me a new card. It was only $50, but it meant a weeks’ worth of food and gas. :o])
LOLCATS. I knew they were in on it from the beginning.
FYI - Of possible interest
ping!
Yup, even a BB rifle.
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I was thinking more along the lines of just about all anti-virus/malware programs, Avast, AVG or McAfee, MalwareBytes, SuperAntiSpyware or Microsoft Security Essentials, Norton, etc, etc.
Sorry for not crediting y’all on the oping - got it by freepmail first.
Good grief, now hackers are using pictures of cats and sunsets to cause mischief?
See? They are always aware!
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They are.
Yes I just had a horrible experience with CNET Downloads. Took the work computer down HARD. Took ever molecule of my experience to get it back. Restore points were “missing” and when trying to remove the CNET downloaded program...it began working ominously hard and slow removing a 14MB program. I held the power button down because I believed it was trashing the drive. Gaaahhh... even F8 response was faulty - still twisted OS upon bootup. I’m not really sure HOW I got the OS to admit the restore points were really present. I hate restore points because malware deletes them first but this is the one time they saved me. Bad CNET. And the CNET site was advertising that they had extra speshul security around their downloads.
Check out Article, then # 12 , # 43.
Thanks, SWAMPSNIPER.
From the article...”... you might want to tell granny not to click on that photo of Grumpy Cat she received in an email from a stranger…”
Jeez, looks like I could qualify. Although I don’t open emails from strangers. Maybe I should show this to my husband.
AVG antivirus is free and does the same.
Malwarebytes is also free and effective aginst malicious items.
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