Fake parking tickets lead to computer virus

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How could a fake parking ticket possibly lead to a virus on your computer? It goes something like this: You walk out of a store and notice a yellow ticket on the windshield of your car. It's apparently a parking violation, and it directs you to a specific website. Once at the website, there are in fact photos of cars from your area that are supposedly illegally parked along with instructions to download a tool that will show you your own vehicle and explain why you were ticketed. You click to download. Presto. You've been struck by... a smooth criminal. That download is actually a Trojan horse virus.

This new tactic, though certainly creative, is an alarming reminder that unscrupulous individuals will always try and find new ways to trick their victims. Experts warn that attacks combining "physical and virtual worlds via objects that point to websites" could become a much more common tactic in the coming years.
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Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/06/fake-parking-tickets-lead-to-computer-virus/
 
what exactly is the point of giving someone computer a virus like that??? is it just for shits and giggles knowing that they are screwing up other peoples shit??

what exactly is the point of giving someones computer a virus like that??? is it just for shits and giggles knowing that they are screwing up other peoples shit??
 
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NavySlideby said:
what exactly is the point of giving someone computer a virus like that??? is it just for shits and giggles knowing that they are screwing up other peoples shit??

what exactly is the point of giving someones computer a virus like that??? is it just for shits and giggles knowing that they are screwing up other peoples shit??
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if the virus is set into your computer it will open a port for the attacker to have access to all your private information, if you ever used a credit card while a virus planted in your system your attacker can retreat and trace important accounts, such as email accounts bank accounts pay pal accounts anything. and the reason that Trojan's seem to reproduce so fast is an auto bot set into the Trojan to multiply it self in different parts of the hard drive to make it nearly impossible to delete them as they reproduce, at times it makes your computer crash. either from the actual Trojan multiplying it self, or a bot set to make your computer disabled.
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My self =] i used to hack but for fun and giggles. make my friends printers print out things. make there computer do stupid stuff over mys! :bigthumbu
i don't do any of that stuff anymore.. not as fun as it used to be.
 
D. Davaine said:
who ever actually goes to the website deserves to get a virus. what a fucking idoit i mean come on
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+1...but you'd be surprised to see how many people fall for stupid shit like this. I see at least 10 diff computers come through every week at my store, all w/ virus issues...

lesson learned: back up your shit, and keep your virus definitions up to date! common sense in the best anti-virus
 
lol you'd be surprised how many people fall for that shit and phishers still. i remember suspending like 40-50 ebay accounts a day due to compromised accounts.. shiz real!!
 
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