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  1. TA14-300A: Phishing Campaign Linked with “Dyre” Banking Malware

    Original release date: October 27, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview Since mid-October 2014, a phishing campaign has targeted a wide variety of recipients while employing the Dyre/Dyreza banking malware. Elements of this phishing campaign vary from target to target including...
  2. VIDEO A word of warning to parents

    I do buy and sell, pure business, and I have this rather rare collection, a promotion pack for a movie about Mannerheim that never made it in the end. But there's unique material in it. I was contacted by a woman, who wanted to buy. It was all adult, "Get from work at 4 O'clock"... After some...
  3. VIDEO How To Avoid The PayPal Scams

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  4. POLITICS Plain fool, complete nut, or crazy?

    This thread is partly born from a new experience of mine, described lightly later, a fraud, now investigated by Police by four countries, plus Interpol. But it's mainly inspired by numerous inserts by mainly young people in various sites, who for some reason suspect their own sanity. The...
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    Windows 7 Is this trust-able way to get paid software for free?

    From Third-Party Giveaway site, for example http://www.giveawayoftheday.com From software official site or social media, for example, https://plus.google.com/109991992304823387411/posts/QAp5itZ1cbV Is this trust-able way to get paid software for free?
  6. Windows 7 Problem suspicious

    I hope this is the correct place to post, I trust it somewhat is. But I'm started to get pssssed, sorry 'bout the expression, but do we have some sort of attack going on? 1. I've used Google Chrome for a couple of years - now it suddenly breaks down once in a while! 2. I've used DVBViewer with...
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    Windows 7 Are all these popup scams typical on this website, or do they indicate that I have a problem?

    1) I posted an inquiry to this forum about 2 hours ago and note that my thread is the only one that nobody has responded to, so my first question as a new user is, "How long should I wait before exploring other options to try to solve a problem?" I expected that a forum moderator would have at...
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    Windows 7 Had BSOD but cannot follow your instructions

    A day ago I had the BSOD, but my Win7 64-bit cptr was set to wait a few seconds and then start automatically, so I didn't get to see any error msgs and it booted into a temp profile, which I didn't realize and I thought I had lost all system reset points and almost everything else. I overlooked...
  9. Phishing e-mails

    Anyone else getting e-mails from what looks like ADP.com concerning financial matters. One comment was even an account would be debited for some amount. I do not do business with ADP, and as far as I know no one I deal with does. The link provided to check the account seemed to be in Turkey....
  10. Windows 7 Anyone know what this is?

    My wife keeps getting these e-mails. I have never seen anything with the strange symbols in the titles. Link Removed I've run scans, no malware, anyone have any idea what's causing this? They are always together in a group like this and though they have different senders I'm guessing they are...
  11. VIDEO Security Jungle: Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Busted

    I recently published a video on YouTube about false computerized phone calls and identity theft. Interestingly enough, Corrine over at SecurityGarden reports that Microsoft removed one of their Gold Certified Partners over a very similar issue: telephone scams. This is true...
  12. VIDEO How to Prevent Online Identity Theft: An Early Look

    A recent look at computer security shows online identity theft scams becoming easy for nefarious individuals who prey on those who lack essential security updates. Anyone experienced in the business need only to look at the serious manner of many, many businesses still running Windows XP without...
  13. Windows 7 Why Smart People Fall for Scams

    Phishing Scams Aren't Just for Fools
  14. Windows 7 3 tips to avoid summer travel scams

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  15. Windows 7 New Email Scams Stealthier Than Ever: Report

    An online security firm says hackers are putting renewed efforts into breaching web email accounts One is based on phishing, the other on the MHTML procol. Read Full Story: New Email Scams Stealthier Than Ever: Report / Infopackets.com
  16. Windows 7 Fake Anti-viruses!Read carefully!PC infection.

    From many searches and many videos,i found fake antiviruses infecting PC:mad:,Beware of:Antivirus 360,System security,Windows police,Windows XP police.And many more,they block every page at internet,they say clean files as viruses.Don't download any weird thing that you don't know...
  17. Windows 7 Codemasters been hacked?

    Guy's check your email accounts. Today I received an email from codemasters: Keep safe!
  18. 700,000 stolen condoms found by police in Malaysia

    Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) claimed credit on Thursday for taking down one of the biggest producers of spam e-mail in a joint effort with federal authorities across the United States. The world's biggest software company said its legal action against the operator of the Rustock 'botnet' -- or...
  19. Windows 7 Interesting Info about Fake Antivirus Programs!!!

    Hi Some interesting stuff here about how to avoid and remove fake antivirus Trojans. Link Removed Mike
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    Windows 7 Uncovering the Mystery: How Was This Laptop's Specs Falsely Displayed?

    Before i begin explaining this weird situation, please understand that it's true and i seen it with my own eyes ! Today i was about to purchase a laptop from an individual i met ! I was told the laptop had a 4gb Ram, 250 gb HDD, 2.0 core two duo processor and running windows vista ! But...