Subj : Re: Non-Malware Spyware
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : warmfuzzy
Date : Thu Jul 04 2019 01:42:26

 pF>  wa> My Grandmother was recently hacked big time.  It lost her $18,000
 pF>  wa> Canadian Dollars.  The software that rooted her Windows box was not
 pF>  wa> detected as being malware because it had a useful function that peopl
 pF>  wa> paid for, not something that usually is used to hack systems with.
 pF>  wa> Teamviewer and a product from Citrix were installed on her machine.
 pF> 
 pF> So sorry to hear this, I hope she can get some restitution.
 pF> How did she get hacked? "Microsoft Support"?
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...

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