<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">That is why it fits into a potpourri. Can be 15 mins, or whatever.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Drew King <dking65@kingconsulting.us> </div><div>Date: 1/27/22 11:02 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: john rudy <jjrudy1@comcast.net> </div><div>Cc: 'Lex Computer Group' <lctg@lists.toku.us>, Robert Primak <bobprimak@yahoo.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Phishing Email IQ Test </div><div><br></div></div>
<p>John,</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><font size="4">If folks have some basic questions i can answer,
I'd be happy to.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Because there is really only one choice I don't
know that there is enough material for a meeting. It can be
added as a brief topic to discuss at any one of the Potpourri
sessions. I'm sure there will be 15 minutes somewhere if there
is interest.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">There is really only one browser guard that I use
and recommend and that's the Malwarebytes Browser Guard. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">It is a complementary product to a traditional
antivirus software program. NOT a replacement. The free Avast
One antivirus program that I use on my second machine is very
good at catching browser malware and especially phishing sites.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">On my windows 11 computer I have a combination of
the free Avast One antivirus software and the Malwarebytes free
browser guard. Both of them catch phishing websites.
Malwarebytes usually catches a malicious website first and if
for some reason it does not Avast will. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">My Windows 10 machine has the paid version of
Malwarebytes Premium and the Malwarebytes browser guard. It also
passes malware tests.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Here is a website that will accurately/safely test
your currently installed anti-virus protection. If all you have
running is the basic windows defender software, your computer
will likely <b>fail </b>at least some of<b> </b>the malware
tests as Defender does not excel at real-time website
protection. If anyone is apprehensive running the tests which
I'm sure there is I will run this website test live during a
meeting so people can see how it works. The tests are all benign
and my computer catches every single one of them.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">With Malwarebytes browser guard and NO anti-virus
software, not even windows defender:</font></p>
<p><font size="4"><img height="316" width="793" alt="" src="cid:part1.hVw13mo5.29ETOjQ0@kingconsulting.us" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)"></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><img height="413" width="702" alt="" src="cid:part2.H2J3ar7u.gzEmkXLS@kingconsulting.us" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)"></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><a href="https://www.amtso.org/security-features-check/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.amtso.org/security-features-check/</a></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4"></font>Drew.<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/27/2022 9:24 PM, john rudy wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Could
you please discuss this at a meeting? How much time do you
need? I never heard of a browser guard</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John
Rudy</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LCTG
<a href="mailto:lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us></a> <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Drew King<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robert Primak <a href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><bobprimak@yahoo.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lex Computer Group <a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><lctg@lists.toku.us></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG]
Phishing Email IQ Test</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">This is precisely why a
browser guard is CRITICAL! I never go anywhere without one.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Malwarebytes, an extremely
reputable company offers their browser guard for free! Both
for Firefox and Chrome.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">"</span>Malwarebytes Browser
Guard gives you a safer and faster web browsing experience. It
blocks trackers and malicious websites while filtering out
annoying ads and other unwanted content. In fact, you can
browse up to four times faster. </p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/malwarebytes-browser-guar/ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee?hl=en">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/malwarebytes-browser-guar/ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee?hl=en</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">There's also a Firefox
Extension.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Malwarebytes Premium offers
real-time web site protection that has saved me from opening
or being redirected somewhere suspicious.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">ALL of the phishing IQ tests
are merely picture files. The hyperlinks are part of the
picture and are completely safe. I did have a tough time
with them.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Drew King.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 1/27/2022 9:03 PM, Robert Primak
wrote:</p>
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<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#440062">"Why is hovering over the
links potentially dangerous?"</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue"">Hovering Mouse Over Hyperlink Causes
Malware Infection</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue"">Cybercriminals infect PCs if the user
so much as hovers over a hyperlink in a PowerPoint
slide.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/hovering-mouse-over-hyperlink-causes-malware-infection">https://www.pcmag.com/news/hovering-mouse-over-hyperlink-causes-malware-infection</a></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue"">And it hasn't gotten any better since
2017, when this and another banking trojan were
discovered.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue"">-- Bob Primak </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue""> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">On Thursday, January 27,
2022, 08:30:19 PM EST, Wanda <a href="mailto:wandakoe@rcn.com"><wandakoe@rcn.com></a>
wrote: </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
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<div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">Why is hovering over
the links potentially dangerous?</span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">Wanda Koetz </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"><br>
<br>
</span></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">On Jan 27, 2022,
at 8:07 PM, Robert Primak <a href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com"><bobprimak@yahoo.com></a>
wrote:</span></p>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#26282A"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">I don't know
what we're supposed to do on any of
those items. The only way I know of to
discern what is and what isn't a
phishing email is to hover over the
links (which may be dangerous these
days)and check the header information
for clues that the sender or the links
do not correspond with known correct
originating addresses, company domains
and URLs an, and also to compare the
current item with similar genuine emails
we may have received in the past from
the companies we do business with.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">Without any of
these clues, the person being tested is
guessing in the dark. I have personally
never done business with any of the
alleged senders except Google. And
Google has never sent me an emaill
resembling the sample in the test.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">This test is
in my judgment bogus and misleading, to
say the least. It is worse than useless.
And may cause undue alarm in anyone
"failing" this "test". I hope no
employer is firing people for failing
similar phishing tests. </span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">-- Bob Primak</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">On Thursday,
January 27, 2022, 03:12:39 PM EST,
Drew King <a href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us"><dking65@kingconsulting.us></a>
wrote: </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
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<div>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">All,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">If I
recall correctly, there are 10
tests. Share how well you do!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.phishingbox.com/phishing-iq-test">https://www.phishingbox.com/phishing-iq-test</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A"> </span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:#26282A">-- <br>
Drew King</span></p>
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