![]() ![]() ® Updated at 9am on 15 May to add: Avast got in touch late on Friday acknowledge the problem and say that a fix for Avast and AVG 17.4 has been released, alongside a guide. Logged Windows 10 Home 64bit/ Acer Aspire F15/ Intel Core i5 7200U 2.5GHz, 8GB DDR4 memory, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD/ avast free (build. ![]() An Avast update pushed out six years ago classified the whole web as malign, as we reported at the time. As it isnt the web shield blocking the internet. Replying no leads to a follow-up text: "Our fraud specialist will be contacting you shortly. Avast has form for this sort of thing, if you look back far enough. Posing as the target's bank, the message asks whether a large charge ($5,000 in the example the FBI gives) was legitimate and asks for a reply of YES or NO. In this case it's not a phishing attempt, it's an attempt to ascertain whether the person receiving the message is susceptible to further manipulation. The con starts off as many that target individuals do nowadays: With a text message. "In addition to knowing the victim's financial institution, the actors often had further information such as the victim's past addresses, social security number, and the last four digits of their bank accounts," the IC3 said. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center issued the warning, which it said involves cybercriminals who have definitely done their homework. A new social engineering scam is making the rounds, and this one is particularly insidious: It tricks users into sending money to what they think is their own account to reverse a fraudulent charge.
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