PCWorld.com - Threat Alert: Spear Phishing

I wanted to take some time to go over the Topic of Phishing. Somebody who will remain nameless opened an email containing a phrase to "verify info click this link" That link loaded a Spyware program to track keystrokes. Upon signing into their online banking the Hacker was able to track down a password, change it and transfer money from the account to another account using the Banks online transfer feature. Keep in mind if you have never used online banking in the past, this could also be used to access online banking none the less.

The title link sends you to an article explaining the process in more detail at PC World.com

Upon running several spyware detectors, such as Lavasoft’s Adaware, Spybot S&D, Microsoft Anti-spyware Beta and Hijack This I was able to detect several ".exe" programs that yielded little google search information. I have yet to discover any information of one in particular item, "oham.exe."

What do I suggest, when surfing the Internet be careful of emails. Open only those that are known friends or contacts and please never click on a link to verify any account information from any financial source.