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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Keeping Win 10 safe |
| Date | 2025-01-16 23:37 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qaeo5lxv0n.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <CZecna4gKNGr0RT6nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <vmc0ms$3mj6o$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2025-01-16 23:20, Paul wrote: ... > For example, one user in another group, he was a small business man. > A one-man business. He had his own domain. Godaddy. He didn't cloak his > ID on the domain registration. Well, some perp crafted an email purporting > to be from GoDaddy, a domain renewal with a "PDF" attachment. Well, the PDF > attachment was actually a ransomware executable. He double clicked it. > Life for him, was over after that. Wiped out. Entire computer room. > All with red rectangles demanding bitcoins. As soon as you raise your > "profile" even a tiny bit on the Internet, that's what happens. Arguably, the mail provider should have quarantined that email. It is trivial to block or sanitize executable attachments (not so links). -- Cheers, Carlos.
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Keeping Win 10 safe Bennett Price <bjprice@cal.berkeley.edu> - 2025-01-16 10:13 -0800
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-16 18:57 +0000
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-16 15:02 -0600
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-17 07:31 +0200
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe "Thomk" <thmk@aol.com> - 2025-03-06 15:03 +0200
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 17:20 -0500
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-16 23:37 +0100
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Head of Cyber Security <security@cyber-security.com> - 2025-01-17 01:17 +0000
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-17 08:55 -0500
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