Beware of spoofing virus while opening paypal!!!
By dhatam7
@dhatam7 (258)
India
November 15, 2008 2:15am CST
From last two days whenever I open my paypal I get a warning from my antivirus program about a virus called "HTML/Spoofing.Gen HTML script virus". I researched a bit about this virus and found our the following description:
"A homepage can use the HTML trick to fool the user. This is called "spoofing". Very often the url of a homepage is not displayed correctly & the user thinks he is visiting a banking site. In reality he visits a page created by the malware author which looks like a banking site to steal user's identities & passwords."
When my antivirus detected this virus, I clicked on deny access & signed in to paypal, but I don't know whether my username & password are spoofed. But, I didn't have to worry because my paypal balance was zero. But, those with money in their paypal account, plz check the website address before signing in. Prevention is the best cure!!!
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
15 Nov 08
Thanks for informing us. Beware of such things as you account might get stolen. © ronaldinu 2008