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goldberry
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 Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:24 pm Post subject: Trojan-Spy.HTML.Fraud.gen url spoofer and Paypal FYI |
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I use Paypal to accept payments for items I sell at eBay. Yesterday, as I was securely logged in to Paypal thru a link from eBay, I clicked on the link to bring me to my history view. Kaspersky antivirus popped up and told me that Trojan-Spy.HTML.Fraud.gen was stopped as my history page was loading. I'm not saying that this could not be a false positive or something but in case it was the real thing, I want people to be aware. When I did a google search, I found this trojan has other names but seems to be an url spoofer in this case. So, I might not be safe even when on a secure site. So please everyone, get the best antivirus you can afford and a firewall too. I'm not sure what the best way to go about this is but I am just wanting to let people know about this recent event.
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P7755
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Oldfrog
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goldberry
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:06 pm Post subject: Thanks for Info new type of phishing? |
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| Quote: | I just reread the Secunia Advisory, now it makes sense.
A spoofed link within a trusted web site |
Thanks so much Oldfrog and P7755. As soon as Christmas is over, I wll be scrutinizing all the new info in the links you guys provided on this and will be figuring out my best source of action. I was using my yahoo browser which of course as you guys probably know is really just IE 4 on xp sp2. My mozilla doesn't really let me surf eBay so great as it is configured for complete safety and I use it for all my browsing except certain sites. Again, I want to say thanks. It seems that I spend more and more time on safety issues and research. In my case, I like research and I like a challenge so it is not as bad as it could be since I take the attitude that these baddies aren't going to beat me. But it consumes a lot of time and with my limited knowledge of technologies a lot of intellectual energy. It has taken some of the joy out of browsing and time I could devote to learning other software and computer activities that I enjoy more. Again, I want to say Thanks and Happy Holidays, Goldberry
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Robin
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it is quite possible you got it from somewhere else, but it was triggered when you went to Paypal. Please make sure your machine is clean and then change your passwords to ensure that information hasn't been sent back to someone trying to rip you off.
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