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Offline Clive

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Mass-mailed attack leads to fake anti-virus assault
« on: September 21, 2010, 17:27 »

Wave after wave of email attachment malware hit inboxes hard at the end of last week, redirecting users to fake anti-virus alerts (also known as scareware).  Learn more about the attack, and how Sophos protected against it.



http://www.sophos.com/blogs/sophoslabs/?p=11056

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Re: Mass-mailed attack leads to fake anti-virus assault
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2010, 17:53 »
What's a virus, Clive? ;D
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Re: Mass-mailed attack leads to fake anti-virus assault
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2010, 18:10 »
Don't speak too soon!!   :laugh:

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Re: Mass-mailed attack leads to fake anti-virus assault
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2010, 18:19 »
I've only ever seen one once, and that was on someone else's machine. Not bad in 28 years, eh. :)
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Re: Mass-mailed attack leads to fake anti-virus assault
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2010, 18:59 »
With all your medications, they probably daren't touch you!  ;D
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Re: Mass-mailed attack leads to fake anti-virus assault
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2010, 19:02 »
 :laugh:

True - I'm a sterile zone.
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Re: Mass-mailed attack leads to fake anti-virus assault
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2010, 19:04 »
 :)x
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