Recently I set up a twitter account as a test and soon found that if you leave your account open, individuals can follow your tweets. No big deal right?
I then notice my followers on my twitter account increase and you could say hey im pretty popular right?
As I looked at my list I noticed these followers were bots who have latched onto my twitter account since it was not set to private.
So I looked at deleted these bots off my twitter account only to find that deleting these bots is not as easy.
The Solution:
Set your account to private allows you to take people off your account. Which is what I did with the bots who have subscribed to follow. I did notice that some of these bots posed as a local twitter from my area sending tweets that look like real news from my region. Luckily my virus protection blocked the website from infecting my computer.
So simply put if you want these fake twitter users off your account, set your account to private. Then go to your follower list, click remove user, and thats it. Then set your profile back to public.
I wish twitter would allow a twitter user to do this even with an open follow account. Oh well I guess its better then nothing.
Until the next blog.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Facebook Scam
With so much social networking going around hackers eventually have to target facebook in one way or another. It's happened with myspace so now facebook is now under fire.
Social engineering is when a hacker compromises someones user account and then poses as this person to gain information or to get some type of financial information.
If your a facebook follower check the link below. It talks about how hackers use a virus that uploads onto your computer and then posts on your friends list a message to spread itself onto other computers.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49764715934
anyway I'm tired so I just though Id share this with you.
Goodnight and stay safe. Remember if you get a message in your email box to click on a link for a facebook user, open a new window and login as you normally do.
This way if its a real message you will know it is someone you know who is trying to add you verses a phishing email.
Social engineering is when a hacker compromises someones user account and then poses as this person to gain information or to get some type of financial information.
If your a facebook follower check the link below. It talks about how hackers use a virus that uploads onto your computer and then posts on your friends list a message to spread itself onto other computers.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49764715934
anyway I'm tired so I just though Id share this with you.
Goodnight and stay safe. Remember if you get a message in your email box to click on a link for a facebook user, open a new window and login as you normally do.
This way if its a real message you will know it is someone you know who is trying to add you verses a phishing email.
Friday, May 01, 2009
New scams hitting personal finance
If it isnt hard to find a job now, scammers are now targeting the job hungry seekers.
Click here to read.
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/107005/Scams-You-Can-Bank-On
Click here to read.
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/107005/Scams-You-Can-Bank-On
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Conflicker Virus Alert
According to my local news the conflicker virus is suppose to set off tomorrow on April 1 " April Fools.
The virus is a program the downloads any passwords you have on your computer and sends them to a database and used for other means.
They provided a link to the Home Land Security for updates on how to update your computer.
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1238443907751.shtm
I also found an article on yahoo that explains what the virus does and means to scan your system.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/132464
Norton Scanner Removal program
This link provides instructions on how to remove the worm if your computer is infected.
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-011316-0247-99
If you havent downloaded a firewall because you dont have the money then you may want to go to google and do a search for zone alarm. They offer a free fire wall. If you need a free antivirus google as well avg. Comodo is another good firewall which is also free.
My best advice is instead of googling these softwares go to download.com and do a search for these software programs. This will save you the headache of downloading the wrong program.
Good Luck and be safe
The virus is a program the downloads any passwords you have on your computer and sends them to a database and used for other means.
They provided a link to the Home Land Security for updates on how to update your computer.
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1238443907751.shtm
I also found an article on yahoo that explains what the virus does and means to scan your system.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/132464
Norton Scanner Removal program
This link provides instructions on how to remove the worm if your computer is infected.
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-011316-0247-99
If you havent downloaded a firewall because you dont have the money then you may want to go to google and do a search for zone alarm. They offer a free fire wall. If you need a free antivirus google as well avg. Comodo is another good firewall which is also free.
My best advice is instead of googling these softwares go to download.com and do a search for these software programs. This will save you the headache of downloading the wrong program.
Good Luck and be safe
Monday, March 16, 2009
HSBC lowering credit limits.
It seems that HSBC and American Express are trying to reduce their credit liability with customers who use their credit cards.
If you have one of these cards you may want to look and see if they reduced your limit because it may cause you to over draft. If I see a scam this one is a big one.
So lets say you have a credit limit of 1000 and you have about 900 dollars charge to that account.
What these companies are doing without notice is reducing your credit limit without any notification. I had a friend of mine tell me that his HSBC credit card had been reduced and over drafted.
Amercian Express on the other hand is trying to close out accounts with large balances which is bad for the consumer. If your account gets closed it will reduce your credit score.
Anyway hope something is done about these cut backs.
If you have one of these cards you may want to look and see if they reduced your limit because it may cause you to over draft. If I see a scam this one is a big one.
So lets say you have a credit limit of 1000 and you have about 900 dollars charge to that account.
What these companies are doing without notice is reducing your credit limit without any notification. I had a friend of mine tell me that his HSBC credit card had been reduced and over drafted.
Amercian Express on the other hand is trying to close out accounts with large balances which is bad for the consumer. If your account gets closed it will reduce your credit score.
Anyway hope something is done about these cut backs.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Chase ATM system not worth using
A few days ago my wife wanted to deposit some money into my Chase account at the ATM.
Chase bank has a new atm system where once you type in your pin you can then deposit
your cash by sliding the money into the machine. Seemed simple enough right? First time using
the system by the way. Well she told me the system asked her if she wanted a receipt and
luckily she did for my records. The next day I checked my account but the cash had not been
posted. I figured this was a little strange since what was deposited was cash so most if not all
banks post it right away or at least tell you on your online banking that the deposit is pending.
So I called Chase bank to inquire about the ATM deposit and can you believe they had no record
of a deposit in my account? Luckily we had the receipt that tells the Chase Claims the routing
number. Still they could not trace the deposit even with the receipt! Well after my bitching to
them I finally got my deposit within 15 mins after they "did further investigation'. What a load of
crap. It would of really sucked if I had not had the deposit slip. i would of been out 100 bucks.
Oh well lesson learned. Deposit in person and never use their ATM system to deposit. So much
for convenience.
Chase bank has a new atm system where once you type in your pin you can then deposit
your cash by sliding the money into the machine. Seemed simple enough right? First time using
the system by the way. Well she told me the system asked her if she wanted a receipt and
luckily she did for my records. The next day I checked my account but the cash had not been
posted. I figured this was a little strange since what was deposited was cash so most if not all
banks post it right away or at least tell you on your online banking that the deposit is pending.
So I called Chase bank to inquire about the ATM deposit and can you believe they had no record
of a deposit in my account? Luckily we had the receipt that tells the Chase Claims the routing
number. Still they could not trace the deposit even with the receipt! Well after my bitching to
them I finally got my deposit within 15 mins after they "did further investigation'. What a load of
crap. It would of really sucked if I had not had the deposit slip. i would of been out 100 bucks.
Oh well lesson learned. Deposit in person and never use their ATM system to deposit. So much
for convenience.
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