By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on June 21, 2009
Symantec is warning about a mass-mailing worm that comes in an attachment pretending to be a Twitter invite. “The observed messages appear as if they have been sent from a Twitter account; however, unlike a legitimate Twitter message, there is no invitation URL present in the body,” a Symantec blog post says. “Instead, the user [...]
Posted in Tech | Tagged invite, scam, Scams, Security, Social Media, Twitter, virus, Viruses and Worms..., warning, worm |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on June 6, 2009
If you were told by Sears that they’d pay you $10 to install a program that tracks your “online browsing,” would you do it? Lots of people did, but that was a mistake. According to the FTC’s administrative complaint, while Sears told consumers the software would only track their “online browsing,” the software also monitored [...]
Posted in Tech | Tagged con, ftc, government, hacking, identity, kmart, Scams, Sears, software, spying, spyware |
By Nancy Raskauskas, Administrator on May 19, 2009
There is a new scam directed at Facebook users. The perpetrators send you a link in facebok that appears to be from one of your friends. When you click on the link it asks you to retype your password and BAM! POW KAZAAM! -they have you and your friends as well. You see, it then [...]
Posted in Tech | Tagged Facebook, scam, Scams, Viruses and Worms... |
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