{"id":1284,"date":"2009-01-03T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2009-01-03T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T14:43:40","slug":"dont-be-fooled-gomessenger-subject-youre-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=1284","title":{"rendered":"Don’t be fooled… GoMessenger – Subject: You’re BLOCKED"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure that regular readers wouldn’t be caught by this, however, it’s a timely reminder to be extra careful with your passwords!<\/p>\n

I received an e-mail today “Subject: You’re BLOCKED” claiming to be from MSN Messenger. My e-mail spam filter<\/a> reacted and blacklisted it automatically.<\/p>\n

However, you might be tempted by its content, it reportedly will tell you who has blocked you on MSN Messenger…<\/p>\n

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My advice is simple, ignore it.<\/strong> There are a few clues on the page that suggest it’s not as professional as it seems: “This site not modify your nickname”. Why would it do that? Why would it need to say that? Plus, it’s not grammatically correct. These are just a few clues. Diving into the source code for the page, suggests that there’s some Google Ad scam going on too.<\/p>\n

Even if it does what it says it will do, it’s still harvesting your password, which is something we need to avoid.<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: gomessenger<\/a>, spoof<\/a>, hoax<\/a>, security<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure that regular readers wouldn’t be caught by this, however, it’s a timely reminder to be extra careful with your passwords! I received an e-mail today “Subject: You’re BLOCKED” claiming to be from MSN Messenger. My e-mail spam filter reacted and blacklisted it automatically. However, you might be tempted by its content, it reportedly … Continue reading Don’t be fooled… GoMessenger – Subject: You’re BLOCKED<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,32],"tags":[366,365,364,710,363],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-social-networking","tag-gomessenger","tag-gomessengernet","tag-hoax","tag-security","tag-spoof"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1295,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}