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<p><font size="4">This is precisely why a browser guard is CRITICAL!
I never go anywhere without one.<br>
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<p><font size="4">Malwarebytes, an extremely reputable company
offers their browser guard for free! Both for Firefox and
Chrome.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">"</font>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.
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<pre class="C-b-p-j-Oa C-b-p-j-Oa-ArRF3d-mb" style="color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-size: 1rem; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; letter-spacing: 0.00625em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 384px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">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."</pre>
<p><font size="4"><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></font></p>
<p><font size="4">There's also a Firefox Extension.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Malwarebytes Premium offers real-time web site
protection that has saved me from opening or being redirected
somewhere suspicious.</font></p>
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<p><font size="4">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.<br>
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<p><font size="4">Drew King.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/27/2022 9:03 PM, Robert Primak
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:240929476.2400192.1643335401161@mail.yahoo.com">
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style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif;font-size:13px;">
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font color="#440062"><b>"<span><span
style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif;">Why is hovering over the links
potentially dangerous?"</span></span></b></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span
style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif;"><br>
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<div>Hovering Mouse Over Hyperlink Causes Malware
Infection</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Cybercriminals infect PCs if the user so much as
hovers over a hyperlink in a PowerPoint slide.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a
href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/hovering-mouse-over-hyperlink-causes-malware-infection"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.pcmag.com/news/hovering-mouse-over-hyperlink-causes-malware-infection</a><span><span
style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif;"><span><br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">And it hasn't gotten any
better since 2017, when this and another banking trojan were
discovered.</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div>
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<div> On Thursday, January 27, 2022, 08:30:19 PM EST, Wanda
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wandakoe@rcn.com"><wandakoe@rcn.com></a> wrote: </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Wanda Koetz </div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jan 27, 2022, at 8:07 PM,
Robert Primak <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com"><bobprimak@yahoo.com></a> wrote:<br
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Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">-- Bob Primak</div>
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<div> On Thursday, January 27, 2022, 03:12:39 PM
EST, Drew King
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us"><dking65@kingconsulting.us></a> wrote: </div>
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<p><font size="4">All,</font></p>
<p><font size="4">If I recall correctly,
there are 10 tests. Share how well you
do!<br clear="none">
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