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<p><font size="4">What I find curious is that every link I see when
searching for this type of malware is they are all from 2017!</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Nothing recent.<br>
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<p><font size="4">One of the vulnerabilities was specifically inside
PowerPoint presentations, and another affected Word.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">I imagine that if your computer is properly
protected, hovering in Chrome/Firefox will not present any
danger today. Thunderbird email is likely safe for hovering
because of the way the software is written. It seems this bug is
more about Microsoft Office suite.<br>
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<p><font size="4">It seems like it was a dangerous bug that has been
"patched" by Microsoft, and modern anti-virus software.</font></p>
<p><font size="4"><b>Also,</b> there is an "Accessibility" mouse
option in windows that makes hovering dangerous. That setting is
off by default today. <br>
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<p><font size="4"> </font></p>
<p><font size="4">Make sure this option is <b><font color="#ff0000">Disabled</font>.
</b>"Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse"</font></p>
<p><font size="4">It's in <b>Control Panel\Appearance and
personalization\Ease of access center\Make the mouse easier to
use.</b><br>
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<p>Drew.<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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<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>
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<div>Hovering Mouse Over Hyperlink Causes Malware
Infection</div>
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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,
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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>
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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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<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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<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> On Thursday, January 27, 2022, 03:12:39 PM
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<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
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