Comments on: Winning Notification Scam Emails, Scam Phone Calls & More http://www.paranormal-marketing.com/2008/11/21/winning_scam/ Paranormal & Marketing Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:55:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.paranormal-marketing.com/2008/11/21/winning_scam/comment-page-1/#comment-222 admin Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:56:00 +0000 http://www.paranormal-marketing.com/2008/11/21/winning_scam/#comment-222 Another nasty on-line scam is to silently install a keylogger in your PC. This can often install when installing another piece of software without you knowing in a similar way to a virus. Another common trick is to con the victim into double clicking an Email attachment that installs the hidden keylogger while going into something else. Once the keylogger is installed, it runs quietly on your PC in the background and records all keypresses which could include internet banking details Etc. This information is then sent or made available to the person who made or spread the keylogger. This person often has the intention to steal from your bank / credit card. More advanced keyloggers can even send real time pictures of the monitor screen across the Internet to the perpetrator, the person can even sometimes take remote control over your PC and/or look at your personal files. To protect against keyloggers stealing your passwords Etc: 1) Install an application called "Keyscambler" which is an Internet Explorer and Firefox plugin that scrambles all your key presses so that a keylogger can't store your personal details. Please see http://www.download.com/KeyScrambler-Personal/3000-2144_4-10571274.html to download. 2) Ensure you have a decent and up to take antivirus & antispyware package installed on your PC as then most keyloggers are then blocked before they have the chance to install on your PC at all. Another nasty on-line scam is to silently install a keylogger in your PC. This can often install when installing another piece of software without you knowing in a similar way to a virus. Another common trick is to con the victim into double clicking an Email attachment that installs the hidden keylogger while going into something else. Once the keylogger is installed, it runs quietly on your PC in the background and records all keypresses which could include internet banking details Etc. This information is then sent or made available to the person who made or spread the keylogger. This person often has the intention to steal from your bank / credit card. More advanced keyloggers can even send real time pictures of the monitor screen across the Internet to the perpetrator, the person can even sometimes take remote control over your PC and/or look at your personal files.

To protect against keyloggers stealing your passwords Etc:

1) Install an application called “Keyscambler” which is an Internet Explorer and Firefox plugin that scrambles all your key presses so that a keylogger can’t store your personal details. Please see http://www.download.com/KeyScrambler-Personal/3000-2144_4-10571274.html to download.

2) Ensure you have a decent and up to take antivirus & antispyware package installed on your PC as then most keyloggers are then blocked before they have the chance to install on your PC at all.

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