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Beware
of "Phishing" or spam emails, & Antivirus2009
Phishing or Spam
emails
Many of you have started receiving email from the “Kentucky
Community & Technical College System Web Support Team”
or with the subject line of “Password Change”.
This is what is considered a “phishing”
email. You can just
delete these type of messages.
The term "phishing" refers to unsolicited emails that
look like they're from a trusted company or institution. But
they are not. These emails are really attempts at luring you
into providing personal or sensitive account information on
phony web sites. The information collected is later used to
commit fraud.
If our office needs information from you, it will come directly
from one of our staff members & not from an email address such
as the “Kentucky Community & Technical College System Web
Support Team” .
Here are a few ways to protect your identity online:
1.
Never
type your account information, username, password or any other
personal information into a pop-up window, even if it looks
legitimate. We never request account information through pop-up
windows.
2.
Never
give your account information, username, password or any other
personal information to a person whether it is through a web
page or via email.
3.
Do not
respond to emails asking you to verify information or click on
the links in them.
4.
Be
suspicious of grammatical or spelling errors. These are usually
indications of a fraudulent message.
What is
AntiVirus2009?
AntiVirus2009 is a
malicious executable program that is commonly
installed without user consent or knowledge.
AntiVirus2009 can be installed by itself or
bundled with other infections. AntiVirus2009
will often display frequent advertisements for
bogus products or programs. The presence of
AntiVirus2009 can cause sluggish system
performance, system freezes and/or crashes.
Eventual system failure and blue screen could
also be caused by AntiVirus2009. AntiVirus2009
is not known to replicate itself at the time of
this publication.
How do I prevent AntiVirus2009?
Once you have cleaned up
AntiVirus2009, the main tip in
order to prevent AntiVirus2009
and future malicious programs
from returning is to stay
suspicious of new websites you
have never visited. Chances are
you were tricked into
downloading AntiVirus2009 when
you thought it was something
else.
More tips to prevent
AntiVirus2009 from returning:
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Update Windows often
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Update Windows Security
Settings
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Turn on Firewall Protection
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Update Anti-Spyware Software
Frequently
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