New scam has surfaced

[Bill69]

Hi All,

This news message is in a Netguide email I just received.


A new Trojan is doing the rounds posing as an update for Microsoft Outlook.

Victims receive what appears to be an email from Microsoft regarding a patch for an Outlook vulnerability, but which in fact contains a Trojan designed to steal information when the user visits a banking or commercial Web site.

When the recipient clicks on a certain link in the email a Trojan is downloaded which then harvests sensitive banking information from the user’s computer.

The deception is further concealed by the fact that most of the links that appear on the email lead to legitimate Web pages.

So beware of any updates offered in an email rather than from Microsoft's web site.

Cheers,
BIll69

 

[Euphod]

Thanks for the head's up Bill. Thankfully I never use Outlook anyway...

 

[illinoiscentral]

Bill,
Many thanks for this useful post!
I will tell my parents tomorrow morning.


Cheers,
Woody

 

[Scitimar]

Not a Scam at all

Not a Scam at all


It's actually one test in a series of scientific studies , this one is the "Idiom Validity Test" and associated with continued research into Darwins Theory of Natural Selection . A smaller part of a recent study involving Microsft products , the test before this was the Win7 RC test . Results from this test for the idiom " A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted " should be available from the usual sources within weeks . Final results from The Win7 RC " There's One Born Every Minute " ( or how many people will download an OS from disreputable sources ) test are still undergoing cross checking and referencing , but with an estimated 70 gigabytes of data stolen , it seems clear to most researchers that suckers are still arriving on time and that this trend is likely to continue .

Whilst most reputable Scientists agree that Darwins Theory holds true for most of the natural world , it seems , to this observer , that the human animal is facing a crisis of epic proportions ..... there more fools and idioms than the planet can safely support.

Come back Charles

 

[bendorsey]

Actually Darwin was wrong. Humans are not descended from apes. Rather we are descended from pack rats. I have closets, attic, basement, storage areas, etc crammed full to prove it.

Ben:hehe:

 

[Euphod]

Actually Darwin was wrong. Humans are not descended from apes. Rather we are descended from pack rats. I have closets, attic, basement, storage areas, etc crammed full to prove it.

Ben:hehe:

If humans are descended from apes, why are there still apes?

 

[Buncs]

If humans are descended from apes, why are there still apes?

Just to keep an eye on how the experiment is progressing........

 

[bendorsey]

And dinosaurs are still around - we just call them birds now, lol.

Ben

 

[mbv67]

I'm thankful for this important news and I never use Outlook too.

 

[backyard]

Outlook has changed but so has everything else.

Windows Mail(Outlook Express for Vista) scans mail now, so I doubt that it would not detect a virus, Trojan, etc.

You can no longer directly open an attachment from the bar without several security features requiring permission.

Norton or any other Internet security software scans e-mail too.

And even with all of this, somebody will still open the poison onto their hard drive claiming it looked legit.

 

[BidMod]

It's fair to say that social exploits are now making up a significant proportion of virus threats because software vendors are getting cleverer (asking for passwords for admin tasks, all-round better A/Virus protection etc).

[tangent]
You may have heard of the Facebook virus (it's a collection, rather than one), which doesn't affect people who visit the site, it affects people who click on iffy links from "friends" on the site. Or strangers, for that matter. Similar links are starting to appear in Youtube comments, and I daresay it's fairly rife elsewhere.
[/tangent]

 

[PerRock]

I've actually recieved this scam email. however for me it came in the form of PM on Skype. I looked at it and kinda laughed. If Microsoft wanted to update Outlook they would put the update on the Windows Update Server and my computer using the Windose Update program will download and install it.

peter

 

[Bill69]

I've actually recieved this scam email. however for me it came in the form of PM on Skype. I looked at it and kinda laughed. If Microsoft wanted to update Outlook they would put the update on the Windows Update Server and my computer using the Windose Update program will download and install it.

peter

That's dead right Peter, but not everyone thinks of that.

Bill