I am using the fully paid Avast Premium Security software. According to a friend in Toodyay:- "apparently it can record your keystrokes and possibly gain access to your passwords and login details"
I wish I had got it’s name before I asked Avast to delete from quarantine. If I get it again I will make a note of the name so I can do more research. > On 30 Oct 2019, at 7:53 am, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> > wrote: > > > >> On 29 Oct 2019, at 9:05 am, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com >> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi folks. >> >> Please lookout for this. >> It seems to be arriving by email as a Word attachment. >> I have received about 15 emails containing it since yesterday. >> Some are from friends, some from Bigpond and some from the ATO. >> >> Luckily my Avast Anti-Virus and Web Security software is catching them. >> Just received two more as I type this. >> >> A friend in Toodyay has told me it has infected the Toodyay Shire computers >> and is now spreading via their contact list. >> And I am hearing that it is also in the UK. >> > > No experience of it here. What is it supposed to be doing, apart from > delivering an unwanted Word file? > > Kind regards, > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> Regards, Stephen Chape
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