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Tag: tech support
Safe Browsing Scam: From Amazon to Rackspace
Tech support scammers are a very unique type of online criminals who traditionally were never as sophisticated as malware authors. For the most…
Malvertising Via Google AdWords Leads to Fake BSOD
One of the major goals for any online business is to attract as many visitors as possible to their websites in order to…
“Your PC Is Infected” Round-up…
I had a bit of a flood of tech support / fake error message pages come my way after last week’s…
The Multi-language Tech Support Scam is Here
The Microsoft tech support scam has been going on for years, starting with cold calls originating from India. Over time fake websites and…
Defeating The Fake iOS Crash Reports
There have been a lot of reports lately about fake iOS crash reports that completely hijack your iPhone or iPad. Indeed, online…
Facebook Marketing, A New Method for Scammers?
It appears that those who have been (and still are) involved in technical support scams have took on a new role to…
Tech support scams and the Blue Screen of Death
Many Windows users are familiar with the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (AKA BSOD), which usually happens when the system crashes. The…
“Facebook Recovery” Accounts Share Phishing Link, Offer Tech Support
We’ve seen a certain j.mp shortened URL being shared by what we believe are rogue (if not compromised) accounts within Facebook a couple of…
Tech Support Spam Plague LinkedIn and Other High-Traffic Sites
To our readers, consider this a heads-up. It has come to our attention that technical support spammers have been shamelessly marketing their…