Email Scams

Email scams, phishing, and fraud From Mary Landesman, your guide to Antivirus Software, tips to help avoid email scams and phishing. Familiarize yourself with the techniques used in these email scams to avoid becoming a victim of credit card or identity theft.
Scam emails deliver Trojaned goods

Criminal emailers are increasingly exploiting MS04-013, an MHTML URL Processing vulnerability which allows a remote attacker to download and execute arbitrary code via miscreant websites or email.

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Virus writers/hoaxsters exploit Tsunami

Worms and hoaxes quick to exploit the Tsunami and other disasters

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Phishing scams

Look over the following examples of phishing scams to familiarize yourself with the clever techniques used.

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Spammer vs. Microsoft

A spammer takes on Microsoft by launching a spam rampage. And he’s using zombie PCs to do it. But is it revenge or is it really fear?

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Email Scams