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Security Article- Jigsaw Activity

Alan
**//__ Fake Antimalware Offers  __//** The fake antimalware is also known as scareware. It shows a whole bunch of fake adds or warnings that seem to be from Microsoft. They will say that you have an infection problem on your computer concerning malware and in the process they try and sell you named products to eliminate the problem. Some people that use this, usually embed the warning messages directly into your desktop or pop up messages from a System Tray applet to try and convince the victim that the infection isn’t a joke and that they absolutely need to buy what they are selling. They are sometimes very easy to sell because they put up a very reasonable price, usually $40. Once a victim listens to the attacker, the scareware tools pretend to scan the computer, making it seem like they did the right thing. But they are really detecting either innocuous, commonly used Registry Keys or nonexistent alien files (planted). That’s not the worst of this tool. Many times it will disable key components of your windows computer like the Registry editor and even your Task Manager. It can even deactivate options from the OS’s display properties so you can’t kill the program or remove the message alerts. If you or someone has been infected with this, try to fix it by doing the following. Find a legitimate malware remover that independent testing has proven to work. Also you can check your security software to see if it has a solution. The real fix though is government action such as prison terms or massive fines.

Zach Public PC's That Splurb Passwords
In the article I read it stated that public PC’s are more likely to be infected with password stealing viruses and programs. It also stated that it is safer to use a copy Knoppix bootable operating system. It also says to scan the PC with a portable virus scanner. It also recommends password management tools much as keepass.

Seth Flynn: The Tell-Tale Browser Cache
**Charles Wing-Thomas Privacy in Googles hands also personal data loss by phone** This article is just telling what Google is and what they do. The article tells something’s about you privacy they start to say Google is like a diary of everything you do online. Saying it tracks your surfing. Then starts talking about how Google has handles photos, Maps, investments, ETC… that are on Google. At the end of this article they say that some people should stop using Google, iGoogle and their account because they might have a lot of info about you. This article is a very short articles it just saying how to reset to a factory default state and how simple it is and how it takes 5 minutes.
 * This article is about when you are on an internet browser, you may choose to delete your history but copies of texts, images, and codes from web pages saves. Even though you may delete your history it doesn’t mean it’s gone, so If you have something to hide this could put you in quite the predicament. New versions of internet browsers have it set-up to delete this cache after you are done on the internet, Firefox, Google’s Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, and Safari. If you don’t have any of these browsers you can also find programs online that delete this cache. I think that it is good that these companies are finally getting around to fixing this problem, I use Google’s Chrome for internet browsing, I have nothing to hide but like the fact that nothing incriminating stays on my computer in browser cache. **

 This article decrypted what’s going to happen. Basically you get an email from your bank or PayPal telling you there has been a large transaction has been held up. The message also includes a toll-free number you should call immediately to deal with the issue. When you dial the number a voice-menu tells you to enter your card number before you talk with a representative. Then representative (visher) asks you to enter other data as well, like the expiration date/or CVV number printed on back of your card. Once you have entered all the info they want they will either hang up on you or be put on hold indefinitely. The only ways to prevent this is to now the signs right off and instead of calling the toll free number call the banks number on the back of the card and if there is anything wrong they will tell you if not report the vishing attempt to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov   This article had absolutely no important information that made no attempt of telling me what hidden data on your documents are. Just went on how you can by software to remove it not what it is
 * Voice Phishing (aka Vishing) **
 * By: Robert Bradford **
 * Hidden Data in Your Documents **
 * By: Robert Bradford **

Card Skimmer Scams By Tate Charoline Knorr uses her Atm card daily. When she used it one day there was a skimmer on the atm and people got her numbers. She then got $1500 dollars stolen from her. Police said they usually do this to gas pump cards but not in this case. She now knows to look for any strange things on the atm and not to use it if she is unsure.

Antisocial Social Networking This article was about people sending people messages on facebook or MySpace telling that they need to see something important, like a joke or something like that. They do this so that people will click on the link and it brings them to a site that gives them a Trojan or steels there passwords. The message asperses to be from one of your friends. I suggest not clicking on link if they are sent to you, if it happen to me I would find it strang because my friend don’t send me thing like that. Brandon