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Fake Antivir Logo

I just want to provide a quick warning about what I witnessed on a customer’s computer, yesterday. In the last two weeks, I’ve received at least ten calls regarding fake alerts and rogue antivirus programs infecting peoples’ computers.

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***UPDATE***
The Angelo State University website no longer lists students’ names and email addresses. Small victory for email security fans.

Back in January of last year, I contacted Angelo State University (ASU) to alert them to a potential problem, regarding the privacy of their students. Their website’s student directory had listed every student, by name, including their “ASU” email address. I was a little astonished to see that they would care so little, not only about the privacy of their students, but that they would offer-up this large list of email addresses to any spammer that wanted them.

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