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Support Desk Scams: CLSID Not Unique

Jul

2011

Yeah, yeah, yet another coldcall scam post, but featuring a ploy I haven’t come across before, intended to convince you that the scammer really knows something about your system, so that you’re likelier to fall for the scam. Rebecca Herold reports for InfosecIsland that she was contacted by one of those helpful “support desk” people who […]

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New Trojan.Winlock extorts credit card data

Jul

2011

Various Trojan-horses disrupting normal operation of Windows emerge rather regularly. Doctor Web-the leading Russian anti-virus vendor-warns users of a new Trojan horse of this type that targets Windows users worldwide and aims at extorting their credit card information. The first instances of infection by Trojan.Winlocks were registered in 2007. The period from November 2009 till […]

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