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Supposed direct client sending virus via real time chat
Iniziatore argomento: Max Hellwig
Max Hellwig
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Mar 9, 2019

Hello everyone!

This is to warn you there is someone using the site's real time chat claiming to have a job for which they send files that contain malware. My antivirus software spotted it, so I'm okay, but I figured I'd better warn you.

Some details: They used the name harris edelman (clearly a non-native English speaker though) and offered a low volume medical project. They sent an archive supposedly containing the files to be translated, whereas it actually contained... See more
Hello everyone!

This is to warn you there is someone using the site's real time chat claiming to have a job for which they send files that contain malware. My antivirus software spotted it, so I'm okay, but I figured I'd better warn you.

Some details: They used the name harris edelman (clearly a non-native English speaker though) and offered a low volume medical project. They sent an archive supposedly containing the files to be translated, whereas it actually contained an executable with a trojan horse.

I doubt it was a bot, the conversation was quite natural, despite some slight linguistic issues.
Be on the lookout, I imagine they would use different names and stories. ▲ Collapse


Morano El-Kholy
Maja_K
 
Elif Baykara Narbay
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Another one from a recent post Mar 9, 2019

https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/333184-trojan_via_proz_chat.html
 
Maja_K
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Yep ... Mar 13, 2019

... I also got a message of this kind from the person "harris edelman" last Saturday, but immediately spotted the .exe file (the virus) that he tried to send ... so yeah, it does happen sometimes
 
Max Hellwig
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AVVIO ARGOMENTO
It seems to happen quite a bit... Mar 13, 2019

Have a look at the link Elif sent. Though proZ reacted now and made it impossible to send files
 


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