While the message does touch on some real threats, it is highly misleading and ridiculously overblown. It exposes its creator as someone sadly lacking in even a rudimentary knowledge of computer security issues. The message is so dismally rendered that any worthwhile advice it contains is all but drowned in an ALL CAPS maelstrom of breathless nonsense. Moreover, viruses and trojans are not the same thing. They are threats that behave quite differently and dealing with them requires quite different strategies. Nor are trojans by any means something new as implied in the message. And, while some of the threats described in the message do involve malware, others are about getting users to install rogue apps or browser extensions that lead to survey scam websites. Still others may be phishing scams designed to trick users into divulging personal information. None are computer viruses, powerful or otherwise. Nor do the threats described get automatically forwarded to your contacts as claimed. hoax-slayer/urgent-viruses-named-trojans-warning.shtml
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:02:39 +0000
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