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Adobe InDesign License Key malware attack spammed out

07

Dec

2011

Criminal hackers have spammed out emails which pretend to contain a license key for the desktop publishing program Adobe InDesign. Their intention? To infect your Windows computer with malware. The emails pretend to come from Adobe, in a noxious campaign which bears many similarities to the fake Adobe Acrobat Reader updates spammed out yesterday. A […]

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Western Union money transfer email disguises Trojan attack

31

Aug

2011

If you’re clued-up about computer security, it’s unlikely that you would fall for this scam. However, there are plenty of people who haven’t learnt to be suspicious of unsolicited emails and wouldn’t think twice about opening an attachment if they believe they’ve been sent some money via Western Union. You can imagine how people might […]

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Support Scams: Cold Calls, Cold Hearts

17

Jun

2011

Here's a diagnostic window that your shouldn't panic over, certainly if some cold-calling scammer directs you to it by persuading you to run a diagnostic on your own system. But I'm getting ahead of myself. You might think I've blogged more than enough about support scams already – you know, where someone calls you out […]

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