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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Drew<o:p></o:p></span></p><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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John Rudy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-861-0402<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-718-8334 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>13 Hawthorne Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bedford, MA 01730-1047<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=99 height=94 style='width:1.0312in;height:.9791in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D813C4.519A63E0"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Drew King<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Primak <bobprimak@yahoo.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Lex Computer Group <lctg@lists.toku.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Phishing Email IQ Test<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>This is precisely why a browser guard is CRITICAL! I never go anywhere without one.</span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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. <o:p></o:p></p><pre style='background:white;font-size:1rem;white-space:pre-wrap;overflow-wrap: break-word;line-height:1.5rem;max-height: 384px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;letter-spacing:.05pt'>It is the world’s first browser extension that can identify and block new fake tech support scams. And Malwarebytes Browser Guard crushes pop-ups, browser hijackers, and browser lockers with ease."<o:p></o:p></span></pre><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><a 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><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>There's also a Firefox Extension.</span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o: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><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Drew King.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1/27/2022 9:03 PM, Robert Primak wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><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"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/hovering-mouse-over-hyperlink-causes-malware-infection" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/news/hovering-mouse-over-hyperlink-causes-malware-infection</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>-- Bob Primak <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_3898264739"><div><div><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: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=yiv8345523673><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>Why is hovering over the links potentially dangerous?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>Wanda Koetz <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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:<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><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'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>-- Bob Primak<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="yiv8345523673yahoo_quoted_3630401785"><div><div><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: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=yiv8345523673><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'><o:p></o:p></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'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><a href="https://www.phishingbox.com/phishing-iq-test" target="_blank">https://www.phishingbox.com/phishing-iq-test</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>-- <br>Drew King<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br>Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br>List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>This message was sent to <a href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com." target="_blank">bobprimak@yahoo.com.</a><br>Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id=yiv8345523673yqtfd17246><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br>Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://LCTG.toku.us">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br>List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><br>This message was sent to <a href="mailto:wandakoe@rcn.com">wandakoe@rcn.com</a>.<br>Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/wandakoe@rcn.com">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/wandakoe@rcn.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>===============================================<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://LCTG.toku.us">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>This message was sent to <a href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us">dking65@kingconsulting.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/dking65@kingconsulting.us">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/dking65@kingconsulting.us</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Drew King<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>