various threats;29 january 2010

Any email or link that says it has a sex tape with lindsey lohan in it,should be treated with caution,may have malware.

Microsoft's office website may have directed web searchers to malware infected websites when searching for `delete meeting without notifying  invitees'

Fake email claiming to be order update information from amazon contain malware,
THe fake email claims to have an shipping update with an order number and  prompts readers to check an attachment and confirm details,attachment contains a  trojan.

Spotting scam websites

Ask yourselve the following questions

Is a website selling brand name items at too cheap a price?

Check where the website is registered,how long it has been  registered and to whom,look for domain name registration information on such wesites as whois.com and nominet.ord.uk(for uk domain names)

check for feedback and reviews,both negative and positive by entering the website name into a search engine.
also check to see if address is a mail forwarding service.

Does company have a full geographic address,not a PO BOX or mailbox number.

Find out how to contact the company and look for a landline number.
Find out if number works or is anautomated message or answerphone.

Be very wary if only an email address or mobile number is given.

Be wary of companies that have recently started up.

If it too good to to be true,it probably is.

Last year 1,2000 scam websites were shut down.

various threats,14 january 2010

Gamers should beware of an unofficial xbox 360 forum which has messages linking to malware.

Spam email witth no text,but  contains a mp3 file,containging audio messages from a canadian pharmacy website.