Trojans hit computer users

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Trojans hit computer users

Eighty percent of malware distributed worldwide consisted of Trojans according to the E-Threats Landscape Report,

 

[Shake&Bake]

"Spammers and phishers continued to improve their skills in replicating and forging legitimate message characteristics," says Valceanu. "However, the simple text e-mails proved their efficiency as well, rounding up the total figure of ID theft victims to 50 000 each month."

50 000 each month!
No wonder I've got so many fraudulent accounts at my workplace!
Blows the mind to think that so many people are being dooped and they're native English speaking!
Read you fools and stop clicking

 

[.Froot.]

I use gmail... only one spam has come through into my inbox since I moved to gmail.

 

[sn3rd]

I use gmail... only one spam has come through into my inbox since I moved to gmail.

I also use gmail... No spam yet *touch wood*

 

[.Froot.]

I made the mistake of using a generic, or alphanumerically achievable email address. So 99% of the spam comes from aa,ab,ac,ad.... lists. So I end up getting around 200 spammies per day.

 

[lpvoid]

BitDefender is crap. nod32 is the only way.

 

[Just_Ice]

BitDefender is crap. nod32 is the only way.

I use BitDefender, works well.

 

[GreatBigMouth]

I use BitDefender, works well.

Agreed. To my knowledge, the detection rates of BD are the best out there. Although it struggles to actually disinfect infected files rather than to simply delete them.

 

[Tux]

BitDefender is crap. nod32 is the only way.

Use a decent linux distro. It's even better

 

[PeterCH]

Just the other day FNB sent me an email asking if I wanted to continue
receiving postal statements or electronic ones instead by email. There
were two clickable links in the email a YES and a NO. FNB also
constantly sends me Ebucks notifications and other spam.

They are just reconditioning their clients from the advice they feed them,
to not click anything in banking emails. How stupid is that?