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Microsoft warns: Watch out for this new malware that steals passwords, webcam and browser data
ZDNet ^ | 13 May 2021 | Liam Tung

Posted on 05/13/2021 7:22:23 AM PDT by ShadowAce

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1 posted on 05/13/2021 7:22:23 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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2 posted on 05/13/2021 7:22:43 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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Odd, that’s what the government does..................


3 posted on 05/13/2021 7:26:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: ShadowAce

I think I received an e-mail with this a few days ago. Since I didn’t know the sender I deleted it without opening the pdf attachment.


4 posted on 05/13/2021 7:28:02 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: dayglored

Ping.


5 posted on 05/13/2021 7:29:36 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ShadowAce

Are they warning us about Google? Isn’t that a bit late?


6 posted on 05/13/2021 7:29:48 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: circlecity

That’s a great practice.


7 posted on 05/13/2021 7:32:03 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: ShadowAce

additional info in your earlier thread “New DNS vulnerabilities have the potential to impact millions of devices”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3950499/posts


8 posted on 05/13/2021 7:45:37 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Microsoft warns: Watch out for this new malware that steals passwords, webcam and browser data

And the name of it is Windows10

9 posted on 05/13/2021 8:06:20 AM PDT by Pollard
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What, hypothetically, would need to happen before people started to recognize use of Microsoft software in critical applications as a national security risk? Oh, I don’t know, pipelines, for example.


10 posted on 05/13/2021 8:10:30 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: ShadowAce
MY stolen data can at worst, be used to TRY to get money I don't have using credit I don't have.

I'm fairly certain no one is coming to my door to evict me from my home and property.

I will die as an owner.


IF my stolen data is used in an election plot ... I'm not alone and it will never be repaired .. (Look at 2020 and now the Arizona re-count)


NO, imo ... the credit scam fear is another rarely devastating (I'm sure there are some) event that gets more ink and air than what it deserves.



11 posted on 05/13/2021 8:41:35 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: Army Air Corps; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
Malware ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Army Air Corps for the ping!

12 posted on 05/13/2021 9:57:03 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

I get weird emails from people I don’t know telling me they know my Paypal, eBay, Amazon, whatever account or credit card has been ‘hacked’.................I don’t have any of those........


13 posted on 05/13/2021 10:01:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Ignore/discard all such emails. They’re phishing.


14 posted on 05/13/2021 11:56:41 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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I do. Their English is the dead giveaway.................


15 posted on 05/13/2021 11:57:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: dayglored

We also get the scam phone calls. They freak my wife out.............


16 posted on 05/13/2021 11:58:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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> We also get the scam phone calls. They freak my wife out.............

Yep I do too.

But I figure, it beats heck out of random door-to-door salesmen.

17 posted on 05/13/2021 1:46:23 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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> Yep I do too.

Get the scam phone calls, that is. Not freak out. I'm WAY past the freakout point, nothing phases me.

18 posted on 05/13/2021 1:47:43 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: ShadowAce

If I don’t know the sender, I also delete any attachments. Or Norton 360 Premium and/ or MalwareBytes Premium sniffs it and quarantines it for me.


19 posted on 05/13/2021 2:22:06 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: dayglored

We get those too, college age kids selling magazine subscriptions, solar panel salesmen, lawn services, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormon missionaries, etc!...................


20 posted on 05/14/2021 5:02:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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