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Got hit with a fake virus alert while checking email at Starbucks
I was grabbing coffee at a Starbucks near the station last Tuesday and opened what looked like a support ticket from our IT team. The email had the right logo and everything, but it wanted me to download a file to update my credentials. I almost clicked the link until I noticed the reply-to address was some weird gmail account instead of our company domain. I flagged it to our security guy and he confirmed it was a phishing attempt targeting a few of us. Has anyone else seen these fake IT alerts that look way too real?
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ellis.robert1mo agoMost Upvoted
That wasn't really a fake virus alert though. Those emails are phishing attempts trying to steal your login info, not pretending to warn you about a virus on your computer.
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casey3931mo ago
Wait, so it's just phishing but not a virus alert at all?
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