As internet usage grows, internet scams grow at an increasing pace. While we see Chris Hansen on DatelineNBC catching scammers, spammers and predators, the phenomenon continues to grow almost unabated. Almost every industry professional will tell you the only way to protect yourself is by using simple, common sense. Here is a helpful list to protect yourself with.
Tips:
1. Never give out personal information online.
2. If you wouldn't do it offline, don't do it online.
3. If it sounds too good to be true ...
Some of the Top Scams of 2007 from About.com:
1. The Nigerian scam, also known as 419
2. Advanced fees paid for a guaranteed loan or credit card
3. Lottery scams
4. Phishing emails and phony web pages
5. Items for sale overpayment scam
6. Employment search overpayment scam
7. Disaster relief scams
8. Travel scams
9. "Make Money Fast" chain emails
10. "Turn Your Computer Into a Money-Making Machine!"
Interesting scam related websites:
1. Internet Crime Complaint Center - A partnership with the FBI
2. LooksToGoodToBeTrue - A good basic explanation of scams
3. FakeChecks - Not as much online but some good scam busters
4. ScamBusters - the most comprehensive information about online scams
FakeChecks.org was created by the National Consumers League (NCL), the nation's oldest nonprofit consumer organization, as a central source of information and advice about fake check scams. NCL created the site in collaboration with the Alliance for Consumer Fraud Awareness, a coalition of consumer and business organizations, government agencies, and companies that are committed to fighting fake check scams. ¶ 6:33 AM 0 Comments
Although convenient for future browsing and shopping, AutoComplete is a feature that can put your personal information at risk, especially when entering your card number to buy those concert tickets or books or whatever your interests. First, anyone who uses your computer or who shares your network can access your log-in and previous search information as stored through AutoComplete and second, a hacker now has a nice convenient place to access all important information.
AutoComplete got its start in 2001 when the first authentication web forms first stored personal information. Every Web browser utilizes a different AutoComplete function and all can put your information at risk, so it's necessary to stay on top of the proper way to disable this feature.
To disable auto-complete:
- In Internet Explorer Open the Internet Explorer browser, From the Internet Explorer menu, select 'Tools' Select 'Internet Options' and Click 'Content'
- In Firefox Open the Firefox browser, from the Firefox menu, select 'Tools', Select ' Options' and Click 'Privacy'
However the virus of IBM computer currently we use was produced much later than "Creeper".
The first IBM virus is a brain virus made by two Pakistani brothers to appal people who commit illegal reproduction.
This virus didn't have any destruction symptom but the spread function. It had the symptom that changed the name of infected floppy disk to '(c) Brain". After this event, people started to have much interest in viruses and various viruses have started to be produced.
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| Position | Change in position | Name | Proactive Detection Flag | Percentage |
| 1. | +1 | Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.q | Trojan.generic | 21.28 |
| 2. | +1 | Email-Worm.Win32.Bagle.gt | Trojan.generic | 12.96 |
| 3. | +3 | Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.aa | Trojan.generic | 9.26 |
4. | +3 | Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.c | Trojan.generic | 8.97 |
5. | 0 | Worm.Win32.Feebs.gen | Hidden Data Sending | 6.03 |
6. | +2 | Email-Worm.Win32.Mydoom.l | Trojan.generic | 4.93 |
7. | -3 | Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.t | Trojan.generic | 4.81 |
8. | +2 | Exploit.Win32.IMG-WMF.y | WMF* | 3.52 |
9. | +4 | Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.t | Worm.P2P.generic | 3.22 |
10. | +1 | Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.b | Trojan.generic | 2.65 |
11. | +1 | Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.x | Trojan.generic | 2.43 |
12. | +5 | Email-Worm.Win32.Scano.gen | Trojan.generic | 2.12 |
| 13. | +1 | Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.u | Worm.P2P.generic | 1.59 |
14. | New! | Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.brk | Hidden object | 1.58 |
15. | 0 | Email-Worm.Win32.Mydoom.m | Trojan.generic | 1.49 |
| 16. | New! | Email-Worm.Win32.Womble.a | Trojan.generic | 1.38 |
17. | -1 | Email-Worm.Win32.Womble.d | Trojan.generic | 1.27 |
18. | Return | Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.dam | [Damaged] | 0.94 |
19. | Return | Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.bt | Trojan.generic | 0.91 |
| 20. | -1 | Virus.Win32.Grum.a | Virus** | 0.90 |
There are two so called vulnerabilities described in the article.
First part mentions BSOD due to the lack of data checking in the internal driver requests. The code that was hacked is outdated and don’t needed for modern PCs. This code will be removed from the products in the nearest MPs.
This is common as they use ALL actual information including phone numbers, but the
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Dear Customer,
OSI Codes Inc. Purchase Receipt and confirmation:
[please read the receipt transaction notice below]
Order Number: 222373708128616131758226-SRE
Amount: $159.95
YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
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If you feel this is an error. Please click the link above and browse to
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YOUR CREDIT CARD STATEMENT WILL BE BILLED AS "OSI CODES" PURCHASE.
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Thank you for choosing OSI Codes Solutions.
Your PURCHASE RECEIPT is attached to this email.
[please read the receipt transaction attached]
Thank you,
OSI Codes Inc.
459 Columbus Ave. 281
New York, New York, 10024
p: (866) 715-4813
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We are now investigating the issue. There is nothing real hacker can make use of this vulnerability. Executing some malicious code locally leads to BSOD on computers with klif.sys driver. No privilege escalation or bypass.
This is a LOW RISK vulnerability.
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