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The sequence of
autumn epidemics of the Foo family worms (also known as Mimail), which exploited
the possibility of trojan components transportation by this type of malware with
the main aim to steal commercial confidential information from victim's PCs,
pointed out once again to the increasing tendency among virus originators to use
mass mailing worms as carriers of the main malicious code. The mail worms
attract close attention of the computer security experts working in the
financial domain, as more and more incidents are registered, when apart from
trivial functions of self-replication via e-mail and a set of standard
destructive functions these programs are supplied with the procedures of
collection of confidential information and its transmission to malfactors
disposal.
Different categories of users may get attacked. Nobody is guaranteed against the
intrusion – those having a bank account and doing internet-banking,
on-line-shoppers and internet chatters. Creators of such programs thoroughly
procure for their imperceptible "living" in the victimized machines and not
always a computer owner may notice that his or her PC is open to an external
invasion.
What can be stolen from a computer? Almost any kind of information – data files,
e-mail addresses, IP-addresses, passwords, financial information. Special
keylogging utilities, if delivered and installed into a system, will vigilantly
spy on every key stroke you make. And even if you do not keep the credit card
number in your files on the hard disk it still may become known to a criminal
through a key strokes sequence.
Many remember the Bugbear mass-mailer outbreak in the beginning of the last
summer. In addition to its mass-propagating functions the worm had a built-in
Trojan keylogging utility which saved the stolen data into a file, that could be
accessed remotely through the port that the Trojan would open on the victim's
machine. This outbreak became one of the most expensive in the history of the
computer virology.
Such risks, though very high, can be avoided by strictly following some basic
security rules that we would like to remind you of. These rules can definitely
help you to significantly reduce the probability to loose your financial and
other confidential information when you are online.
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Licensed
anti-virus programs and firewalls installed on your computer with regular
updates are indispensable conditions of your cyber safety. The installation of
a firewall becomes highly important for those who use a broadband connection
to the Internet. In the vast expanses of the World Wide Web unprotected and
vulnerable systems are tasty morsels of hackers.
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Do not download
entertaining programs, applets and images from unreliable and unknown sources.
You can download a trouble attached to the entertainment.
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While making
payments via the internet make sure your personal info, especially credit card
details, will be transferred via a protected protocol.
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When posting
your mail address to communication boards try to use the following method of
entering the mail address:
mail_box_name @ domain_name_point_com
If written in this way the addresses will not fall a prey to a robot hunting
for mail addresses but will be understandable for users who really wish to get
in touch with you.
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Every month
users of internet-banking receive statements of account listing the
transactions made. Monthly checking all listed transactions should be a rule
for you.
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The
ill-intentioned programs using passwords dictionary attacks to penetrate your
system became more frequent. Use complex passwords consisting of combinations
of numeric and alphabetic symbols, avoid using common words, human names and
burth dates.
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There are quite
a lot of viruses already disseminating through popular communication channels
in the Internet, IRC for example. Never use actual names and e-mail addresses
in such conferences, nor publish any private information about you or near
relations. Such "chats" are archived and can be used by cyber criminals.
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Credit card
companies treat with understanding clients reporting unauthorized operations
made with their accounts and giving proofs of them. Do not hesitate to contact
your credit card company as soon as you perceive that somebody has been using
your account without your permission.
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The Trojanized
utilities may infiltrate into any folder of your computer, including the Trash
can. Don’t be idle to change beyond recognition a file with the invoice
received, or with a statement of account, or any other financial document,
before throwing it away to the can. The same concerns the in-coming and
out-going messages stored in your mail application.
Source:
http://www.antivir.ru
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