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LinkedIn Phish - how worried should I be.

Unanswered LinkedIn Phish - how worried should I be.

  • Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:18 PM
     
     
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    I got careless. I clicked on what turned out to be a LinkedIn phishing message. (Yes I should have been paying attention.) Nothing seemed to happen. I got a URL Not Found crash message, no phoney log in screens.

    I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium with AVG Internet Security 2012. All of my Windows security updates are current and I updated AVG the day before. The message was viewed using the Chrome browser, also up to date so far as I know. Once this happened I immediately did an update on both AVG and MalwareBytes and did full scans with both.

    Neither found anything.  I've not noticed any abnormal behavior either.  I'd just like a second opinion on whether I can relax now.  (Anything else I can do to doublecheck?)

    I'm going to try and insert a picture of the link here.


    • Edited by B. Chernick Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:20 PM
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  • Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:35 PM
     
     
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    On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:18:18 +0000, B. Chernick wrote:
     
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    >I got careless. I clicked on what turned out to be a LinkedIn phishing message. (Yes I should have been paying attention.) Nothing seemed to happen. I got a URL Not Found crash message, no phoney log in screens.
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    >I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium with AVG Internet Security 2012. All of my Windows security updates are current and I updated AVG the day before. The message was viewed using the Chrome browser, also up to date so far as I know. Once this happened I immediately did an update on both AVG and MalwareBytes and did full scans with both.
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    >Neither found anything. I've not noticed any abnormal behavior either. I'd just like a second opinion on whether I can relax now. (Anything else I can do to doublecheck?)
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    >I'm going to try and insert a picture of the link here.
     
    Maybe the site discovered the compromise and took down the web page.
     
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    Rich Matheisen
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  • Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:54 PM
     
     
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    One can only hope.  I just wish I could confirm it.

    (Correct me if I'm wrong.  A phishing message does not always involve use of Malware?)

    • Edited by B. Chernick Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:56 PM
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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:22 AM
     
     
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    On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:54:42 +0000, B. Chernick wrote:
     
    >One can only hope. I just wish I could confirm it.
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    >(Correct me if I'm wrong. A phishing message does not always involve use of Malware?)
     
    That may be true. I guess it depends on the sophistication of the
    phisher and what they're after.
     
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    Rich Matheisen
    MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
     
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  • Friday, July 20, 2012 3:33 AM
     
     
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    Hi B.Chernick,

    This forum is for the exchange related issue, please post it on the proper forum, you will get more help.

    Regards!

    Gavin

    TechNet Community Support

     
  • Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:43 PM
     
     
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    Pardon my delay in responding but what is the 'proper' forum?  This was the only anti-virus forum I could find.

    For that matter, is there a search page for forums rather than forum entries?  I don't have the patience to go through 50,000 hits.