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Cyber Security Awareness Month: Three Scams
to Look Out For!
Scam #1: Your computer is infected! The
biggest criminal enterprise is the rogue
antivirus product. It tries to convince you
that your computer is infected so you hand
over money for "antivirus protection" -
which is not actually protection at all. The
minute you see a fake alert, stop everything
you're doing, kill the browser, and perform
a full scan with the legitimate antivirus
product of your choice.
Scam #2: Check out this cool link! Your
friend's email or Facebook account is
hijacked, and you receive a brief message
with a short URL to watch a video or check
out something equally "cool." The link
actually leads to a malicious page with a
malware download. Most shortlink services
have a feature that lets you preview where
the shortlink will go; use it. If you've
never heard of the Web site, check the true
destination domain against a reputation
service, such as Webroot's
Brightcloud. And don't be the
first one among your friends to click a
link.
Scam #3: John Doe wants to be your friend. In
this one, the scammers usually duplicate the
message format of popular social network
sites. Instead of linking to "friend
request," it takes you to a malicious page
instead. To avoid this one, without clicking
anything, move the mouse over the link in
your email message, then look at the Status
Bar to see exactly where the link leads. If
the message claims to come from one company,
but the URL points to a domain you've never
heard of, don't click the link.
