Monthly Archives: June 2010

Smileworld Scam

Posted by on 11 June, 2010 1 comment

If you receive the following email about SmileWorld delete it, don’t click on the attachment. It’s a scam.

Dear Customer,

This e-mail was send by smileworld.com to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account.

We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run attached file and Follow instructions.

(C) smileworld.com

 

smile

Note how many spelling mistakes and typographical errors there are in the email. A serious company would proof read any emails such as this.

Also, there is no reason for any company to send you unsolicited attachments. It’s a sure sign of a scam.

Infected Samsung S8500 Wave SmartPhones

Posted by on 8 June, 2010 No comments

Samsung’s new phone, the S8500 Wave, has appeared in Germany with its memory card infected with malware. And it’s fairly dangerous, if it installs itself onto your computer it will download backdoor programs and spyware, making your computer wide open to hackers and criminals. Prevention is definitely better in these cases.

The malware can affect Windows computers if you connect the phone to the computer. It’s as simple as that.

There are a couple of things you can do to avoid this malware, and to avoid similar malware in the future from similar scenarios:

  • Disable the autorun feature in Windows (click here for instructions)
  • Install a good antivirus package.

This type of problem is becoming more frequent – ordinary consumer devices infected with malware at the factory.