Happy Tuesday !!! Unless you are not reading this on a Tuesday. In which case I would say, " Happy ________day!!" So, this morning I opened up my e-mail and was treated to another ... (*dum dum duuummm*) E-mail, scam attempt!!! (I feel like there should be lightning strikes and thunder when I say that) Not that I want anyone to get "taken in" by these foul creatures, I just think they need to have a little more ingenuity... A little more creativity... COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW! … [Read more...]
Scam attempts: Aren’t they cute?
Howdy all! I hope all is well for everyone this fine day! Today, I got a fresh scan attempt in my e-mail. This one is interesting in that fact that it abandons the old "Hey, I'm in another country and my pop died and I need to funnel his money out..." route. This is attempting to lure you in by embracing the whole "random internet user" thing... In fact it addressees it's opening remarks to "Internet User"... Is this supposed to give you a sense of security? I don't know but, from … [Read more...]
Another Scam Attempt
Hi all! Got another scam attempt in "Ye Ole" e-mail today. Now this one is pretty obvious but, I thought I would go ahead and post it in one more attempt to thwart the evil doings of these stinking Scammers. As always, if you get this e-mail (or anything that resembles this e-mail) delete it!! Do not respond, do not pass go, send it straight to your "deleted items folder" . 49, Featherstone Street, LONDON, EC 1Y 8SY UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: + 44 703 194 6790 Fax: 44 207 901 … [Read more...]
Email Scam: Taking the Military Tact
Oh You... Spammers! It's amazing the tactics that these Spammers go through to try and steal money from you. This one is attempting to target our Patriotic feelings by claiming to be coming from an America Soldier. Hello friend, My name is Scott Whittington, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military with the 1st Armored Division in Iraq , as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs.We managed to move part of funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's … [Read more...]
Uninstall Trend Micro Officescan without a Password
Ran into a slight problem today. I had to add a couple of older computers to a new Domain. Pretty easy to do normally but these workstations had a version of Trend Micro's Officescan from their previous domain that needed to be removed so that the new version could be installed. I couldn't just uninstall the client (which would be the best solution) as that requires a password and no one in the office could remember the old password. (As a side note, when you install network versions of … [Read more...]
Got an iPhone? Better turn it off!
I just followed a tweet over to Mashable and read another article about the latest Apple security flaw. This time affecting the iPhone. Cybersecurity researchers, Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner, have identified a vulnerability in the iPhone OS that will allow an attacker to take control of the Phone via a SMS message. They have, supposedly, notified Apple more than a month ago about this vulnerability, but the company still hasn’t released a patch. The two plan to publicize the … [Read more...]
Spam: It is inventive.
Here is the latest Scam e-mail I've gotten. Don't be fooled! This is a scam! This e-mail came to one of my e-mail accounts today from different senders and IP addresses but the machine sending names were the same. AND, the content was identical. It looks as though some has a mass-mailer sitting on their machine. Just a reminder to make sure your updates are current!! Here are the mail headers: 1st: Received: from xxxxxxxx; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:05:55 -0400 Received: from … [Read more...]