About this tag
Discussions tagged with 'victims' on WindowsForum.com cover a range of security and safety topics. Several threads focus on computer-related threats, such as remote assistance programs used by scammers to gain unattended access to victims' computers, and ransomware like Cryptolocker that encrypts files and demands payment. Other threads address physical crimes, including a man chasing victims with a screwdriver, a sex offender exposing himself, and a technician installing spyware to photograph women. The tag also appears in threads about plane crashes and disaster recovery, where technology like Find My iPhone helps locate victims. Overall, the tag encompasses both digital and real-world victimization scenarios.
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Windows 10 Any scanner to find remote assistance/control programs?
Hi All, Since remote assistance/control programs are not malware, but are used by scammers at times to set up unattended access to victims' computers, does anyone know of a scanner that will look for remote assistance programs? (They don't always show up in Programs and Features). Many...- ToddAndMargo2
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- computer features malware program control programs remote assistance scanner security unattended access victims
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Australian Government backs free Cryptolocker decryption tool
Security vendors FireEye and Fox IT have launched a Web tool which allows victims of Cryptolocker Malware attacks to decrypt files without paying ransom to cybercriminals. Cryptolocker is Windows-based ransomware which relies on disguise to infect systems and encrypt files, demanding a payment...- News
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- browser tools cryptolocker cybercrime cybersecurity data recovery decryption encryption fireeye foxit free tools government malware online safety privacy ransomware security tech news victims windows 8
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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...- Pauli
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Find Crash Site
There's an app for that. While not at all humorous in anyway it does show how technology (even personal tech) can and is being used to help locate unfortunate victims of catastrophic disasters. SOURCE: Find My iPhone helps find wreckage of Chilean plane crash | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence- Trouble
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- app crash site disaster find my iphone location recovery safety search technology victims
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Russian jet carrying hockey team crashes, 43 dead
TUNOSHNA, Russia (AP) -- A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed into a river bank while taking off Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and leaving two others critically injured, officials said. It was one of the worst crashes ever involving a sports team. Read Full Story...- reghakr
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Man accused of chasing victims at Kissimmee bus stop with screwdriver
A man accused of chasing two people with a screwdriver at a Link Removed bus stop is behind bars today, facing several felony charges. Read Full Story: Link Removed- reghakr
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- arrest assault bus stop chase crime felony kissimmee law enforcement screwdriver victims
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Sex offender admits exposing self at stores (100 times or so)
Allentown police received a report of a man exposing himself on Sept. 11 at the Kmart at 1502 S. Fourth St. Police spoke to a security guard who said a man was following a girl throughout the store and exposed himself in front of her and might have touched her. They should have gave him 44...- reghakr
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- allentown assault awareness behavior community court crime exposing harassment investigation justice kmart legal police report prevention public offense safety security sex offender victims
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Police: Mac technician installed spyware to photograph women
IDG News Service - He was hired to fix their computers, but police say that Trevor Harwell instead installed spyware software that took candid photos of his clients in various states of undress. Harwell had been a Macintosh specialist with a Los Angeles-area home computer repair company...- reghakr
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Death toll from Joplin tornado climbs to 116
JOPLIN, Mo. – Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital. It was the nation's...- reghakr
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IMF chief jailed without bail in NY hotel-sex case
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C), head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), departs a New York Police Department precinct in New York late May 15, 2011. Link Removed due to 404 Error NEW YORK – Haggard and unshaven after a weekend in jail, the chief of the International Monetary Fund was...- reghakr
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- assault bail denial charges court defense attorney dominique strauss-kahn financial forensics french lawmaker imf legal proceedings media coverage new york news political impact public reaction sofitel hotel victim support victims
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Cannibal shot after 'dinner' pulls out
A Swiss man who had agreed to be killed and eaten by a Slovak cannibal reported the plan to the police and helped them catch his would-be murderer. According to Swiss and Slovak reports, the unidentified Swiss man agreed to the bizarre attempted murder after he met his Slovak would-be...- reghakr
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[61] You must get a job to get a new pen ✄ ✂
man who had his penis chopped off by his best friend Lyubomir while he was demonstrating his martial arts skills, is to help him get a new job - so he can pay for a new manhood. The painful incident happened at 61-year-old Mr Lozanov's flat just outside the city of Plovdiv, where the two...- cybercore
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Woman Arrested After Allegedly Bragging About Beating On Facebook
A 26-year-old Chicago woman, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly smashing a glass into another woman's face at a bar fight in the Gold Coast. She apparently didn't make it too hard for detectives to crack the case, bragging about the attack on Facebook the next day. The Chicago...- cybercore
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Massachusetts Police Investigate Bizarre Power-Saw Murder-Suicide
Authorities on Massachusetts' South Shore are investigating an apparent bizarre murder-suicide with a power saw that left a husband and wife dead. The alleged crime was revealed at approximately 10 p.m. on Monday, when police officers in the historic town of Plymouth, located about 40 miles...- cybercore
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Hypnotist being hunted in Russia for stealing cash from bank customers
A real-life ‘evil hypnotist’ is being hunted down after sending at least eight elderly bank customers into trances and stealing their money. The crafty crook has been collecting cash from unaware victims in the south-western Russian city of Stavropol. It is thought that he has...- cybercore
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- awareness bank theft capture cctv crime elderly fraud hypnosis hypnotist investigation money police russia safety scam stavropol swindle theft trance victims
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Pandas help lighten the mood in Japan
Link Removed due to 404 Error A pair of pandas that arrived from China a few weeks ago made their first public appearance at a zoo in Tokyo on Friday, providing a little light relief for victims of the tsunami that hit the country in March. About 300 people who were forced from their...- cybercore
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- aid broadcast cheers china community debut earthquake history japan mood panda public appearance relief territorial issues tokyo tsunami ueno zoo victims visitors zoo
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Japan baseball league to play on despite crisis
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's baseball players' union has hit out at the decision of the Central League to start its season on schedule on March 25 while the country continues to battle the aftermath of last week's earthquake. Thousands died when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan last Friday...- cybercore
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Victims' concerns put London 9/11 sculpture on hold
Link Removed due to 404 Error Plans to erect a sculpture in a London park using girders salvaged from New York's World Trade Center, which was destroyed in attacks on September 11, 2001, have been put on hold after victims' families complained. The memorial, designed by Japanese-Russian...- cybercore
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Guilty plea for burglar who posted on Facebook
Note to thieves: when robbing a place, the best way to make a clean getaway is not to post your picture on the victim's Facebook page. And if you do, scram out of town/country as fast as you can! Otherwise, you'll be like Rodney Knight Jr., who couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a pic of...- cybercore
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- awareness burglary crime criminal facebook invasion judgment justice legal neighborhood police privacy report safety teenager theft victims washington
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Robber asks victim to let him out
Pawel Adamczyk got himself into a spot of bother during a recent raid in Poland when, unable to escape with his stash of stolen goods, he had to ask his victim to let him out of the house. Adamczyk, 27, was drunk as tried to steal from a house in Poland in a crime that went not quite to plan...- cybercore
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- arrest burglary crime drunk fences humor poland robbery stolen goods victims
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