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"Warning over anti-virus cold-calls to UK internet users" (BBC)
From: Paul Vixie <vixie () isc org>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:07:35 +0000
jacking in from the anything-we-can-do-they-can-do-better department... 15 November 2010 Last updated at 07:56 ET "Warning over anti-virus cold-calls to UK internet users" Internet users are being warned about cold-callers who offer to fix viruses but then install software to steal personal information. Campaign group Get Safe Online said a quarter of people it had questioned had received such calls, many suspected to have been from organised crime gangs. Some gangs, employing up to 400 people, are known to set up their own call centres to target people en masse. Internet users are also urged to be wary of pop-ups offering virus checks. ... more at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11754487>. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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