Beware of gifts from Pixmania!
Jun 7, 2013 06:47:56 #
Beware of this scam!
Just got this email purporting to come from Pixmania, a company I've used for photographic material, it has an attached .zip file which contains your gift voucher....NOT!! It actually contains a nasty little trojan, a variant of Win32/Kryptik.ARTR, Trojan. Many AV engines will not detect the trojan so delete the email pronto!
Stay safe!
Cheers
Jim :) :) :)
Just got this email purporting to come from Pixmania, a company I've used for photographic material, it has an attached .zip file which contains your gift voucher....NOT!! It actually contains a nasty little trojan, a variant of Win32/Kryptik.ARTR, Trojan. Many AV engines will not detect the trojan so delete the email pronto!
Stay safe!
Cheers
Jim :) :) :)
Jun 7, 2013 06:49:42 #
Just noticed the expiry date's a couple of months out! Not very clever are they. :thumbdown:
Jun 7, 2013 07:00:52 #
farmerjim wrote:
Just noticed the expiry date's a couple of months out! Not very clever are they. :thumbdown:
Definitely have to be careful. Just goes to show you there is no such thing as 100% protection, other than not being on the internet or WIFI at all. :lol:
Like a burglar alarm, AVs, suites, etc. aren't going to stop ALL attacks, but they will stop most.
If I get an unrequested attachment that looks legit, I always ask the sender if they sent it. Don't trust the sender address. It could have been "spoofed".
Also, check the URL on any unrequested link. Make sure you know it. An invalid link will typically look odd.
There's much more to this stuff, but these tips should help.
Jun 7, 2013 08:14:09 #
Jun 7, 2013 08:15:59 #
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