Friendly facebook warning
Posted by Robert in Internet on 23. Oct, 2008 | 0 Comments
FACEBOOK users are under attack from a virus sweeping through the online social network.
The virus is technically a trojan worm that disguises itself as an email from facebookmail.com.
People are enticed to click on a misspelled video or picture link that directs to a malicious web site.
The title of the dodgy links vary from “Maan,yyou’re great!” [...]
Subject: Your internet access is going to get suspended
Posted by Robert Jooste in Email on 02. Oct, 2008 | 2 Comments
I have a client who has been getting this email for the last couple of days.
Subject: Your internet access is going to get suspended
Your internet access is going to get suspended
The Internet Service Provider Consorcium was made to protect the rights of
software authors, artists.
We conduct regular wiretapping on our networks, to monitor criminal acts.
We are [...]
myspace / facebook virus
Posted by Robert Jooste in Internet on 20. Aug, 2008 | 0 Comments
For all you carefull people out there, here is another virus warning for you:
New worms target both MySpace and Facebook users
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, has detected two variants of a new worm, Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.a. and Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.b, which attack MySpace and Facebook respectively. As part of their malicious payload, the worms [...]
Postcard Virus, The followup.
Posted by Robert Jooste in Internet on 04. Aug, 2008 | 1 Comment
Postcard Virus. <=== Previus post about the postcard virus
Is it real, or is it a hoax? Well…
The postcard Virus is real. But it does not “burn” or “blow up” your hard drive. That is just made up.
As you know, (maybe) this virus spreads itself as a postcard email attachment. Once run, It infects your computer [...]
Hacking 101 how it gets done.
Posted by Robert Jooste in Internet on 12. Jun, 2008 | 5 Comments
For many of us Hacking is a real threat. Probably for all of us.
Hackers state that they are only after information and they want to test their skills. This is true, because we live in the information age. Where info is king. Information could be anything from the names of your staff to your bank [...]
