http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530684,00.html Shit i think we got there attention XD, maybe now things will change!
"The overall aim is hoping a child's parent does [online] banking," says Boyd, a security expert. "The child is being used as a launch pad to get to the parent." pffft what a load of.... It's just CGing no? They make it sound as if it'll kill your computer. And the only thing people are after are the neo accounts. At least it's there's none of than kind of stuff here.
"Neopets values the security of our users and educates them about these types of scams. We aggressively investigate all reported instances of social engineering, phishing and any other attempts by malicious individuals to deceive Neopets members." LOL...that's a good joke right there TNT.
Read half the article, realized each paragraph was the same and stopped lol. Buuuut yeah, never heard of people actually putting malicious stuff on your computer. Just fake neopoint generators, items, flps, cgs, not malware that gets your parents credit cards lol.
Sounds like someone at fox news was looking at porn and lost their credit info, they decided to blame their kid using neopets for the loss of the info instead of coming clean to what he/she did.
well I suppose if it was a password stealer your av will pick it up as a trogan and it really would steal saved paypal passwords...but most people still wouldn't be after the money...just the neo account
~Lol what makes me laugh is that it keeps stating that under 12`s are affected, but last i heard, under 13`s cannot be neomailed, yet in the article to states that they get mailed the "viruses" Same goes for the "bulletin" board`s they say the kids get scammed off.
Do you want a magical paint brush? i just need your username and password... credit card details, bank details, sort codes, N/I numbers, Passport & your moms and dad`s paypal. EDIT: AK beat me to it [...]
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hahaha malware? I thought just cookie grabbers, i guess its kinda the same, but it doesn't add a virus to your computer. ahha just steals your password and username to your account, no big deal...
you know when they say the site is mainly made up of 8-12 yr olds.... i cry and slap them in the face because everyone i come across is way older than that... plus there is no way to neomail a junior(13) on neopets... years of taking accounts i never came across a junior account... there are so many older players out there. and if there not using any protection... or are stupid enough to fall for a scam then i say its fair game. :maha: