How to Detect & Remove Fake Tax Refund
What's Fake Tax Refund?
Just got this nice email today:
From: notice@irs.gov
Subject: Refund ID: WBEKTQQLMY
Date: February 11, 2008 7:43:10 AM EST
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Reply-To: notice@irs.govAfter the last annual fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.
To access the form for our tax refund calulator [SIC], please copy/paste in your browser the link bellow:
http://www.hashita.co.il/index.htm
Even if this wasn’t an obvious phishing email — see the “undisclosed recipients,” catch that typo, note the link to a non-IRS page? — you should never click on one of these emails and give out your personal information.
If you really think you’ve received a real IRS email about a tax refund — hope is a four-letter word — type in the IRS’s official URL, find their phone number, and call them to check.
Fake Tax Refund's Threat Level Explained
Fake Tax Refund Is a Minor Pest 
The parasite isn't a real threat, but Fake Tax Refund may track your Internet activities. Fake Tax Refund may be easily removed with your Windows system "Add/Remove" function.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Pest 
The parasite might profile you web activities and may have installed itself onto your PC via a drive-by download. You can probably manually remove Fake Tax Refund yourself.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Minor Threat 
The parasite might profile you and other users of your PC, and Fake Tax Refund may send this data back to its parent server.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Medium Threat 
The parasite might profile you and other users of your PC, and Fake Tax Refund may send this data back to its parent server. Fake Tax Refund may be impossible to manually remove.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Threat 
The parasite might profile you and other users of your PC, and Fake Tax Refund may send this data back to its parent server. Fake Tax Refund may download and install more malware onto your PC, and Fake Tax Refund may be impossible to manually remove.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Minor Danger 
The parasite may profile you, log every keystroke you make, and take snopshots of your computer activity. Fake Tax Refund may also be difficult to manually remove.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Medium Danger 
The parasite may profile you, log every keystroke you make, and take snopshots of your computer activity. Fake Tax Refund may download more malware and also be very difficult to manually remove.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Danger 
The parasite may profile you, log every keystroke you make, and take snopshots of your computer activity. These logs may be sent to anonymous attacker, and Fake Tax Refund may download more malware. Fake Tax Refund may be very difficult to manually remove.
Fake Tax Refund Is a Major Danger 
The parasite may track all of your computer activity, and Fake Tax Refund may allow a hacker to access your PC. Fake Tax Refund may pipe more malware into your computer, and may disable your anti-spyware or anti-virus software. Fake Tax Refund may be very difficult to manually remove.
Fake Tax Refund Is an Extreme Danger 
The parasite may track all of your computer activity, and Fake Tax Refund may allow a hacker to control your computer. Fake Tax Refund may pipe more malware into your computer, and may disable your anti-spyware or anti-virus software and firewall, and block your access to anti-spyware sites. Fake Tax Refund may be very difficult to manually remove.
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