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KEYLOGGERS AND CYBER CROOKS
KEYLOGGERS are the latest spyware programs to watch out for. They are sent as image files like jpegs, via the web or email. When these image files are opened on your computer a small program also starts that records each key you type and sends the information to a remote address. Keyloggers are associated with spam from banks, spam connected with the Tsunami, and are also known to operate on auction sites like eBay.
In short, they will forward your online bank account details and password to crooks around the world. They are often, but not exclusively sent with spam claiming to come from Paypal or a bank, asking you to check your account. You go to the genuine bank account, login, and bingo . . . the crooks have everything they need to rob your account. Keyloggers are known that can attack all computers including PC's and Macs running OSX.
A good precaution is to change your email preferences so that you cannot receive emails as html but as plain text only. It is also best to send all attached files to a folder where they can remain unopened unless you are certain they are genuine. The folder can also be scanned by software such as www dot mcafee dot com.
To be help decide whether an email is genuine find out where it came from. The 'From' and 'Return path' fields can easily be forged to look genuine. To check an email click on the option to view the 'long headers' on the email, and then check the bottomost 'Received from:' IP address. An IP address is a group of four numbers in square brackets like this [123.123.123.123]. Go to a 'whois' web site like geektools dot com and input the IP address - if that comes up with a domain that is anything other than genuine do not go there. Dodgy emails quite often come via proxy servers in China, Israel or Russia, or via satellite internet companies.
Unfortunately, keyloggers can also be sent to you by your best friend when an email purporting to be about something that is of genuine interest is unwittingly relayed to everyone in a users address book, but the genuine email could have a keylogger image file. This happened during the Tsunami when a keylogging image file of a boy who had lost his parents was relayed to millions. Receiving such emails is not a problem as long as you do not open the attachments. [From the SalvoWEB Team
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