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| Thread ID: 107616 | 2010-02-23 20:19:00 | credit card fraud | borax (7078) | Press F1 |
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| 861074 | 2010-02-23 23:14:00 | C:\Program Files\BT Common Client\btomodog.exe O23 - Service: Andrea ST Filters Service (AESTFilters) - Andrea Electronics Corporation - C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\stw rt.inf_c09c50a2\aestsrv.exe -- Tell me what this does. File Behavior AESTSRV.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior: * The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process * Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products * Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes AESTSRV.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior: * Created as a new Background Service on the machine With credit cards, I watched a doco on Identity fraud testerday. It showed people in shops secretly swipoing credit cards on a special scanner. They then connect that to a laptop and transfer it to phone cards. Voila, they have a fake credit card with YOUR details on it. These people got these jobs just so they could steal the card info. So other than spyware on your PC, there are other methods of stealing your info. This doco was specifically about UK criminals. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 861075 | 2010-02-23 23:33:00 | I think that file is actually related to SigmaTel or SoundMAX audio drivers... But that path is odd Maybe it's a virus pretending to be an audio driver.. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 861076 | 2010-02-23 23:47:00 | Looks like the British Telecom connectivity client to me...023 is is the windows deployment folder, though I have no idea what Andrea ST Filters Service is? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 861077 | 2010-02-24 00:00:00 | www.andreaelectronics.com I'm pretty sure it would be to do with this company... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 861078 | 2010-02-24 10:58:00 | I have a debit card account that I only use for internet purchases. I firewall it by not having it linked to any other account (cannot be used as swipe card) and with no overdraft. Had to request that, else overdraft is automatic (ads say you are only spending your own money...sigh). Then I transfer into it what I estimate spending online with a little overhead to cover conversion costs. Of course that still begs the question how did they get your security password. Mothers maiden name as normally suggested by the banks shouldn't be too hard to find on online data-bases if they had your name and address from the online purchase. |
Robinz (9362) | ||
| 861079 | 2010-02-24 11:23:00 | I have a debit card account that I only use for internet purchases. I firewall it by not having it linked to any other account (cannot be used as swipe card) and with no overdraft. Had to request that, else overdraft is automatic (ads say you are only spending your own money...sigh). Then I transfer into it what I estimate spending online with a little overhead to cover conversion costs. Try using PayPal for your purchases if possible, they bill you in NZ dollars so there's no conversion fee from your bank. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 861080 | 2010-02-24 11:52:00 | It is worth remembering that our credit cards have a percentage skimmed off by the credit card companies for every transaction we make. I consider this to be another type of credit card fraud, because they take too much and must make astronomical profits out of their customers. The cards are very handy though. |
ssssss (2100) | ||
| 861081 | 2010-02-24 12:22:00 | Didn't know that about PayPal. Haven't really trusted them after hearing horror stories about them. Dont they take their own skim of the top though? | Robinz (9362) | ||
| 861082 | 2010-02-24 17:43:00 | Is the OP sure his wife hasn't just bought him a really nice present for $820? Yes agree with others it does sound like maybe phishing | gary67 (56) | ||
| 861083 | 2010-02-24 19:26:00 | I had just finished a reply to this topic when my screen whent blank. Then I got a message Windows was downloading updates. This completed and I got another message windows was rebooting my computer. Nice people at Windows! Now no one will ever know what I think of Pay Pal and other ways of paying for on line shopping. :badpc: Jack |
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