Fake flash player alerts from legitimate websites

Regardless of how up to date our computers are, How good our Antivirus protection is, we all are at risk from malicious adverts on webpages. Now I accept adverts are part of the web today. I personally don’t use or recommend ad blockers because many websites ( including this one) Continue reading → Continue reading Fake flash player alerts from legitimate websites

Fake flashplayer update via exploit using adverts on legit site

For a change this is about an exploit, rather than a malspam email. I was reading posts on a well known tech forum, when I got a sudden divert and a .hta file attempted to download. Of course I immediately saved the file, rather than letting it run. I won’t … Continue reading → Continue reading Fake flashplayer update via exploit using adverts on legit site

You account have a problem – malware tech support scam

An email with the subject of  You account have a problem  pretending to come from No answer@ your email domain addressed to victim@your email domain tries to get you to download a load of crapware or sends you to a tech support scam site … Continue reading → Continue reading You account have a problem – malware tech support scam