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This is an exceptional post. I had taken for granted learning an immunity to doing stupid things, like seeing that a popup designed to look like a window clearl
by 72deluxe 12y ago
This is an exceptional post. I had taken for granted learning an immunity to doing stupid things, like seeing that a popup designed to look like a window clearly wasn't a window due to the mild mismatch of themes.
You're spot on that most people don't bother learning these things anymore, and particularly in the tablet ecosystem where apps are expected to be doctored for them as they come from a trusted source.
- mentat 12y agoThe thing is malware can throw up those same windows that are in fact indistinguishable. There's no immune response that can pick it up.
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- TeMPOraL 12y agoExcept windows still aren't supposed to pop up out of the blue. If you didn't expect a window to appear (especially a window offering actions), it's most likely malware. Again, having a feel for that comes from experience.
- EpicEng 12y agoExcept legitimate programs don't throw up windows out of the blue asking for your credit card number.
- mentat 12y agoPrompts to enter your password to install something perhaps? Windows pop up out of the blue a fair amount. You only have to make a mistake once.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoIt's not out of the blue; unless the prompt is a direct result of you intentionally running an executable or trying to tweak some UAC-ed options, it's malware.
- EpicEng 12y agoI have zero programs on any of my machines which pop up dialogs asking for sensitive information "out of the blue". Not saying they don't exist, only that they shouldn't and you should be suspect of any program which behaves this way.