Saturday, August 21, 2021

Latest Windows Sysinternals August 18, 2021 release is loosing Windows 7 support

 It's a sad fact, Windows 7 is 10 years old but is still widely being used (mainly because of the rash that is Windows 10) . As a software developer I have to support Win7 still. So it sad, that the latest Windows Sysinternals August 18, 2021 release is now regrettably loosing Windows 7 support. These tools are invaluable for sys admins, and I really wish they would open source them. 

In particular Autoruns v14 does not work on Windows 7. 








Can we have a https://live.win7.sysinternals.com/ ? 

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Phishing Netflix email with subject "Your Netflix payment was rejected"

For the record, this is Netflix phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Your Netflix payment was rejected"

What to do?  Report them, goto bottom of page. 


From : payment <xxxxxxx@hotmail.it>
Subject : 
Your Netflix payment was rejected





PHISHING LINKs;

Click image by mistake
1. https://la09tv.fr/.7v43x1/?p={youremailaddress}

How to tell this is a Phishing email ?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the  company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to 

How to examine Email Message Source ?

Now lets look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from apple.com.


Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing

If you have received this email take further 

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/


Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Monday, July 12, 2021

Phishing Shaw (cable company) email with subject "Your Shaw bill is ready"

For the record, this is Shaw phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Your Shaw bill is ready"

What to do?  Report them, goto bottom of page. 


From : My Shaw) <xxxxxxx@hotmail.it>
Subject : 
Your Shaw bill is ready







PHISHING LINKs;

Click image by mistake
1. http://gsenter.in/ba/xxxxxxxxxxxx

How to tell this is a Phishing email ?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the  company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to 

How to examine Email Message Source ?

Now lets look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from apple.com.


Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing

If you have received this email take further 

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/


Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx