[BC] Russian spy software

[Broadcast List USER]

Safari, and I am nearly sure Firefox would have warned that the link  
(URL) is likely suspect.

I think iCab will warn too.

Friends don't let friends use Micro$oft Internet Exploiter!

--chip

On Mar 27, 2009, at 1:00 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 3
> From: Sid Schweiger <sid at wrko.com>
>
> ...this is nothing new, and it goes back even farther than November  
> of last year.  Unfortunately social engineering succeeds in  
> installing an awful lot of garbage.  Clicking on links in e-mails  
> is a dangerous activity, and has been for quite a while.
>
> If someone walked up to you on the street and handed you something  
> for free, presumably your normal reaction would be "what's the  
> scam?"  However, that same type of offer on the Internet or in e- 
> mail seems to somehow coerce people into suspending their usual  
> skepticism.
>
> Before falling for such a scam again, always check the e-mail's  
> headers and confirm that the links are what they say they are  
> (right-click on the link, and copy the "target" into Notepad)...and  
> if in doubt, DON'T fall for it.
>
> Sid Schweiger
> IT Manager, Entercom New England
> 20 Guest St / 3d Floor
> Brighton MA  02135-2040