Further to yesterdays post regards viewing links in Emails, please find below as close to a definitive explanation as you could wish for. This is primarily aimed to help those new to the world of computers in this connected world. Having said that, I guess that’s the five to eight year old age group. Let’s include young folk who click on anything without thought.
So over to the good Ripper and let’s sally forth – or freddy forth, or squirrel forth or whatever you’re identifying as this fine day;
When you open a mail or view an attachment, it doesn't matter where it is - the attachment (say a pdf) has to download into the computer memory so that your pdf viewer can load it. Its the same for everything and that's when malicious code runs.
With the pdf files, most of them are scaremongering, though some of them are .exe files with the .pdf extension. The scammers usually hope to panic you with an authentic looking invoice, so that you will click on the link given and give bank details. That's what most scams are about nowadays, rather than trying to kill your PC.
Ever heard about or had the Microsoft Tech Support scam? This is where your PC seems to get locked (fake), with only a phone number on the screen. When you call the number you get a call centre in Delhi who will take a lot of money off you and do zip to fix it - after all there's nothing wrong in the first place.
They will have you downloading RAS (Remote Admin) software and take control of your machine, and while doing a useless command like dir/c they are in the background searching through all your personal files.
However, these scammers are terminally stupid, since the connection can easily be reversed, which gives you access to their computer, and if that's on a network, ALL of their computers. And more...
The number 1 guy (in my opinion) in handling scum like this is Jim Browning. Take a look at his video from last year (in 4 parts). I'm sure you will find it very interesting indeed.
These are the links to the videos mentioned above and, yes, they are indeed worth a look. Do a clicky, safe, no scam involved, on each of the blue bits below to view the videos.
Quote; Magnus Nwagu Amudi
“Show me a universal life manual and I will show you a ready made scam. Life is spontaneous. Live and learn.”
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