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Title: Windows Hacktivation
Post by: OrangeCrate on May 05, 2007, 11:44:39 AM

Cute. I wonder how many people would actually get sucked into this one?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2126214,00.asp

Title: Re: Windows Hacktivation
Post by: Lisandro on May 05, 2007, 02:01:51 PM

They're being more and more imaginative each day, I mean, the virus makers...
Does avast protect us against this one?

Title: Re: Windows Hacktivation
Post by: drhayden1 on May 05, 2007, 02:19:31 PM

hey tech-its unsafe to give out your credit card info on the internet in the first place if you have any common sense ::)
but as orangecrate mentioned a lot of people are getting sucked into doing it :o
Trojan.Kardphisher is a Trojan horse that attempts to steal credit card numbers by tricking the user into entering their credit card details to activate Windows.