warmfuzzy wrote to All <=-
My Grandmother was recently hacked big time. It lost her $18,000
Canadian Dollars. The software that rooted her Windows box was not detected as being malware because it had a useful function that people paid for, not something that usually is used to hack systems with. Teamviewer and a product from Citrix were installed on her machine.
It was some outfit that pretended to be both technical support and was allegedly working with the cops to stop Internet crime---though they themselves were the criminals...My Grandmother was recently hacked big time. It lost her $18,000 Canadian Dollars. The software that rooted her Windows box was not detected as being malware because it had a useful function that peopl paid for, not something that usually is used to hack systems with. Teamviewer and a product from Citrix were installed on her machine.
So sorry to hear this, I hope she can get some restitution.
How did she get hacked? "Microsoft Support"?
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