![]() This type of scheme is considered by some analysts to be the most dangerous of attacks on ordinary Web users, and it will surprise no one that the number of booby-trapped addresses continues to grow. ![]() This stuff can be things like keyboard loggers that record every keystroke on a victim's keyboard to ferret out personal information, or it can be schemes called scrapers in which the spyware grabs a picture of an entire screen and sends it along to disclose everything printed on that page. ![]() The trick is to sell people what they think is virus-fighting software but includes a license to allow the phishers to add spyware to the user's computer. Reader alert: Just going to can cause a blitz of sudden pop-ups, ads and numerous Web sites. Phishers count on people misspelling words in a Web address or hitting the wrong key while hurriedly typing in an address, as you probably did when you hit "i" instead of the "e" in the address of Symantec, the largest seller of antivirus software.Īnother phishing tactic is to send waves of spam e-mails that include links to a phishing site that is made up to closely resemble the real thing.
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