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A HijackThis Toolbar from Facebook?

AndyAtHull — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:08:31 +0000

The title will come across as shocking if you are a security expert. However don’t let the title scare you too much.

Symantec today blogged about spam e-mail making the rounds that looks like the following hoping to lure recipients into downloading a Facebook toolbar:

(Image is the property of Symantec.com)

And should you click on the “Download Here” button you will get a file called “toolbar.exe”. Click on it’s properties and you will find the following information:

(Image is the property of Symantec.com)

So as you can see, there is some mentioned this file to be associated with HijackThis, an analysis tool by Trend Micro. Symantec detect this file as a Trojan.Dropper. HijackThis is a legit tool and Facebook have not released a toolbar dubbed HijackThis.

Be carefull what you click on as some disguise themselves differently to others. And should you come across a suspicious e-mail, report it. You can report anything like the above to us by contacting us. And get support from us if you have been caught out by similar things in our support forums.

Discuss this matter in detail here. Stay in touch – Twitter, Facebook.

10% of Britons’ fall for scams

AndyAtHull — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:42:41 +0000

It has emerged that 10% of Britons’ fall for scams. According to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) almost 10% of adults – more than 4m people – in Britain say they have responded to a scam in their lives.

BBC Technology reports – “Almost a half of those who did respond to a scam had lost more than £50, while 5% lost more than £5,000.

The OFT said 73% of adults had received a scam e-mail in the past year.

Some 6,500 people are also receiving letters from the authorities warning them that their names are on a “sucker list” being circulated by fraudsters.

The OFT is launching a “scamnesty”, calling on consumers to drop scam mailings into designated boxes at public places or into an online “bin”.”

Are you in Britain? Do you think you are one of those who falls for scams, whether directly or indirectly? Tell us!

Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (29/11/2009)

AndyAtHull — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:40:16 +0000

Welcome to another blog post of Sunday NewsBot. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feeds from the world of security and technology and gathered in our centre. This weeks top articles are:

There are more articles located within the NewsBot Centre. Plus there is also an chance to have your blog feed included. Details about it can be found here.

Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (08/11/2009)

AndyAtHull — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:33:30 +0000

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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (18/10/2009)

AndyAtHull — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:00:41 +0000

Welcome to this weeks round-up. Before we go firther, SCars Beta testing is going well. Places are always available for this. Please re-visit the blog post to express your interest.

All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feeds from the world of security and technology. This weeks articles are:

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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (23/08/2009)

AndyAtHull — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:47:15 +0000

Welcome to this weeks round-up. We haven’t posted the Sunday NewsBot for a month now due to commitments. It was decided to give our service a break for a month. So, four weeks on, it’s back. Expect some tweaks to the service in the coming weeks.

All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feeds from the world of security and technology. This weeks top articles are:

Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (26/07/2009)

AndyAtHull — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:57:52 +0000