8-23-9_Sun_2.43.21_PM_mhtm_Instructions Bulletin-WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION Security malware
8-23-9_Sun_2.43.21_PM_mhtm_Instructions Bulletin-WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION Security malware Vulnerability Code Execution Virus Infection Unexpected shutdowns download the patch from the address below
8-23-9_Sun_2.43.21_PM_Instructions Bulletin-WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION Security malware Vulnerability Code Execution Virus Infection Unexpected shutdowns download the patch from the address below
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Folks, after a quiet period, cyber-crooks are once again using Skype to send phishing “chats” in an attempt to defraud you. So, I am reposting this article. It is the exact same ruse, but the name has changed. It will reappear every so often with a slightly different name and URL…
Yesterday a “chat” window (Skype) opened on my machine, and presented me with a dire warning from someone named “Software Update” “Registry Scan Online®”. It said that “WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION” and, it provided me with a solution. 
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Please, folks, tell me you have spotted this for what it is. Please tell me that you knew –instantly– that this is a cyber-crime attempt; that it is Phraud-ulent.
Please tell me that you know what will happen if the link provided in this message is clicked; and, please, please, please tell me you would never click the link.
Just in case you aren’t sure:
* “Software Update” “Registry Scan Online ®” doesn’t exist.
* “www.onlinemonitor.info” “www.registryscan.com” is not registered in ARIN (the registry of Internet addresses).
* clicking the link will allow scripts to run, and/or take you to a poisoned Website which will install malware on your machine, or/and it may take you to a site that will sell you a rogue anti-spyware program (please read my article, Is that antispyware program really spyware).
* Microsoft DOES NOT alert you via Instant Messaging. No legitimate company does. Period. Ever. This is a classic example of a hacker’s attempt to get you to click their link.
All of this so they can rip you off. It’s their full time job.
Please point your less-savvy friends and family to this article and educate them to the dangers of spam (unsolicited) messages and tell them– NEVER CLICK THE LINK.
[Note: while this article directly references the VoIP client Skype, you may see this type of thing in other Instant Messaging/Chat programs.]
[addenda: Peter Parkes (Skype Blogger) wrote and asked me to remind my readers to, quote, "Please report users who send these messages to abuse@skype.net - that will help us to block them where appropriate."]
Today’s free link(s): I have assembled on my Website a collection of links to the best free anti-malware programs to help you prevent infection.. and clean up if you’ve been infected. To see them, click here.
Also, Bill Mullins has posted a very complete tutorial, Think You Have A Virus?– Some Solutions, which is quite probably the best one-stop lesson on malware I have ever run across. (I also recommend his How Fake/Rogue Software Affects Real People.)
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http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2007/11/malware_alert.html
By 
Villu Arak on November 5, 2007 in Trojans and viruses.
It has come to our attention that some Skype for Windows users have been affected by a piece of malware that masquerades as a chat message aimed at finding a lost girl.
Please do not follow any internet links you may receive in chat messages that resemble the following: "Please help me to find this Girl".
Clicking on the link will lead you to download a worm that is currently best described here.
Currently, this piece of malware -- a new strain of the Stration/Warezov worm -- can be detected by the following antivirus software: AntiVir, ArcaVir, AVG Antivirus, BitDefender, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Norman Virus Control, Panda Antivirus, Sophos Antivirus, TrendMicro, VBA32.
[2:43:21 PM] Instructions Bulletin: WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
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ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected
malware on your computer !
Affected Software:
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection /
Unexpected shutdowns
Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair utility immediately
Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below !
Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.
http://www.systemcheck.org/
http://www.systemcheck.org/
For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser !
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Security malware Vulnerability Code Execution Virus Infection Unexpected shutdowns download the patch from the address below !
Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.
http://www.systemcheck.org/
http://www.systemcheck.org/
For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser !