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<blockquote data-quote="Antimalware18" data-source="post: 976344" data-attributes="member: 18214"><p>My brothers FB account was hacked a week ago, I had a link sent to me by the hacker the title was "look who died!" and i wasnt paying the best attention (usually i dont click on any links through messenger unless I can verify the person who sent them, or the link) but I clicked on it anyways, it loaded up into edge but was blocked by Malwarebyte's browser guard due to "trojan"</p><p></p><p>I then proceeded to taunt the hacker to keep him busy and helped my brother get his account back, all's been well for him since then.</p><p></p><p>it was a near miss, but I don't think it would have led to anything even without Malwarebytes, if it had downloaded a file i wouldn't have opened it without uploading it to VT first to make sure it was clean also my resident AV would have most likely caught it.</p><p></p><p>I uploaded a picture of the original taunt, which the hacker did respond to <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite126" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]264531[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antimalware18, post: 976344, member: 18214"] My brothers FB account was hacked a week ago, I had a link sent to me by the hacker the title was "look who died!" and i wasnt paying the best attention (usually i dont click on any links through messenger unless I can verify the person who sent them, or the link) but I clicked on it anyways, it loaded up into edge but was blocked by Malwarebyte's browser guard due to "trojan" I then proceeded to taunt the hacker to keep him busy and helped my brother get his account back, all's been well for him since then. it was a near miss, but I don't think it would have led to anything even without Malwarebytes, if it had downloaded a file i wouldn't have opened it without uploading it to VT first to make sure it was clean also my resident AV would have most likely caught it. I uploaded a picture of the original taunt, which the hacker did respond to :ROFLMAO: [ATTACH type="full"]264531[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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