Tech It Like A Man! » Safety http://techitlikeaman.com Bulletz of Knowledge Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Conficker attacks April 1 2009 http://techitlikeaman.com/2009/03/30/conficker-attacks-april-1-2009/ http://techitlikeaman.com/2009/03/30/conficker-attacks-april-1-2009/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:57:02 +0000 Bulletz http://techitlikeaman.com/?p=430 If you have not updated your computer by now, you should do it ASAP. Conficker is set to strike unsuspecting PCs tomorrow. You need to have your Windows updated with the Microsoft patch 958644, which you can obtain from Microsoft proper (make sure you are in Internet Explorer when you do this or it won’t work) . There is more that you can do to prevent and rid yourself of Conficker. Make sure to check out the following:

Prevent AutoRun attacks
Conficker removal tool

I am currently updating my system, as somehow I didn’t get all the security updates. I have been avoiding Service Pack 3 for a while, since it has killed so many systems. I am figuring that these updates were probably included with SP3 when I got the notification.

You have until midnight. I just found out about it this morning, myself. Make sure you get on it pronto.

Special thanks to Marisa for bringing this to my attention.

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I didn’t notice the large S at the beginning of Security, or I would not have clicked through. Other than that, there was nothing to indicate that this email was phishing for anything. The links onthe side were totally legitimate. They went to the actual PayPal pages they said they were going to:

So, I click through and VOILA! My browser (thanks Flock) alerts me that this might be a phishing scam so do not put my information in. I then noticed that the cloaking device they used to make sure I didn’t know it was a scam had dissolved, and I saw the actual web address on the page only after I clicked through.

So make sure to be careful when you get these emails. The phishers are getting really good at covering their tracks. If you do get an email like this, or one you are unsure of, forward it to spoof@paypal.com so they can look into it. They always get back to you within 24 hours.

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