[Vision2020] Another E-mail scam/Adobe Flashplayer

[Dave]

Tricky!  I bet they get a lot of people with this - or its variants.

Want to not worry about this kind of crap?  Switch to Linux.

Dave


Paul Rumelhart wrote:
> I haven't seen this one, but it sounds legit.  The user is tricked into 
> downloading what they think is the latest copy of Flash, a task which 
> they've probably performed before, and then their normal Flash comes up 
> and they don't get suspicious.  Meanwhile, they've just given a 
> keylogger program the rights to run on the system as a normal user, 
> which includes being able to capture keystrokes and to send the log to 
> someone on the internet.  No magic needed.
>
> A nice bit of social engineering, really.
>
> Paul
>
> donald edwards wrote:
>   
>> Hello, was just wondering if anyone else has received an e-mail like 
>> this one below and if the more computer savvy on the list can 
>> determine if this is just the  B.S. scare tactic that I think it is 
>> but too new for Snopes.com? 
>>  
>> Thanks, Don
>>  
>> Hey, our office recvd this message from a reliable source, just wanted 
>> to share with you all.  See text below.
>>  
>>
>> At least one email as described below has gotten through the State’s 
>> email filters today and to a state employee’s computer.  Please delete 
>> this dangerous e-mail – both at work and at home. 
>>
>> Yesterday's election acceptance speech by President-Elect Obama is 
>> already being used by cyber criminals to commit fraud.  The spam 
>>  email with supposed links to the speech points to five separate 
>> website domains, each registered yesterday in China.  Visiting any of 
>> the websites requires the user to install an "Adobe Flash Player" in 
>> order to watch the speech.  The program offered however is actually a 
>> "keystroke logger".  Installing it will cause all userids and 
>> passwords, whether for online banking, online stores, email, or even 
>> chat programs, to be sent to the criminals computer.  Other malicious 
>> software may be loaded as this scam email continues to propagate.
>>
>> Once again, if you receive this or any spam delete it immediately and* 
>> do not* forward to the Helpdesk.
>>
>> IT Security
>>
>>     
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