Comments on: email Addresses Hacked via a Botnet or Phished? http://www.bloggernews.net/122628 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: m2c http://www.bloggernews.net/122628#comment-1423465 m2c Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:49:45 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122628#comment-1423465 Also, I believe that if you click on a link in an email (sent by a phisher/hacker) it can automatically trigger and install "Malware" on your computer that can make it a "bot" - which is one computer that can be controlled by the phisher/hacker (without you even knowing it) and used with many other computers as part of a "botnet" that can attack major corporations or government agencies or anyone. And YOU may never know that your computer is a bot! So do as directed above - don't click on links in emails even from "trusted" sources and use all the security on your computer that you can get. Also, I believe that if you click on a link in an email (sent by a phisher/hacker) it can automatically trigger and install “Malware” on your computer that can make it a “bot” - which is one computer that can be controlled by the phisher/hacker (without you even knowing it) and used with many other computers as part of a “botnet” that can attack major corporations or government agencies or anyone.
And YOU may never know that your computer is a bot!
So do as directed above - don’t click on links in emails even from “trusted” sources and use all the security on your computer that you can get.

]]> By: skywise http://www.bloggernews.net/122628#comment-1423462 skywise Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:48:27 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122628#comment-1423462 "The argument is that based on the strength of many of the passwords it is unlikely that they were phished, and more likely hacked." The quantity points to a botnet as well but I'm glad you pointed out NOT to login EVER thru an email link. ALSO....if you're surfing and a box pops up saying that "you're infected, run a scan now" it's VERY LIKELY a a trojan trick. Press control,alt,delete (at the same time) & cancel out all your browser windows, then run a scan from your anti-virus control panel. “The argument is that based on the strength of many of the passwords it is unlikely that they were phished, and more likely hacked.”

The quantity points to a botnet as well but I’m glad you pointed out NOT to login EVER thru an email link.

ALSO….if you’re surfing and a box pops up saying that “you’re infected, run a scan now” it’s VERY LIKELY a a trojan trick.

Press control,alt,delete (at the same time) & cancel out all your browser windows, then run a scan from your anti-virus control panel.

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