PayPal Password stealing Trojan Mass-Mailed

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by starkers | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

New Trojan to be wary of......Link



"Several million copies of a password-stealing Trojan horse were spammed to Internet users late last week, a security company said Monday, and workers returning to the office who open the attachment risk a computer kidnapping."
For more info visit link provided above.

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Drop125
Reply #1 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:58 PM
Well for one thing...NEVER EVER REPORT TO THE COMPANY THAT SOMEONE TRIED TO SPAM YOU. or PHISH for that matter...Even if you are smart enough to know what it is do not report it to the company, they will automatically assume you filled in all your personal data and have been compromised. I was smart enough to know about phishing, but when I reported a link to Amazon and to paypal on 2 seperate occasions they Dumped my accounts and I can now no longer use my credit cards on there sites. I stated that I did not give out any personal info. But they said once an account is closed for investigation it can never be reopned. So I had to go get a new credit card number and now I am aqlso banned from opening another paypal account under my own name. It always turns into a real big "Shoot the Messanger" ordeal.It took a full month to resolve the issue with Amazon, and Paypal just told me to go screw myself. Oh well, I guess no more E-bay...(*like thats a big loss)..I find better deals on stuff now that I got away from Ebay...and paypal.

Jafo
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:10 PM

I've been getting this one for a while.... but I haven't been near Paypal in over 14 months...so was difficult to 'fool'.

Bigger laugh was the similar one telling me I was a bad credit-rating/whatever with Ebay....laughable since I had never even been near Ebay, let alone had an account...or purchased/bid/sold anything.....

These eff-wits need a good knee-capping...


Adamness
Reply #3 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:47 PM
I'd like to see someone's reaction when they see and believe one of those emails.

'OH MY! My credit rating is very low according to this email I got from someone I never heard of! I better click this link and give out all my information to get it higher!'

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