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Originally Posted by Masque
What kind of threat can the be when all it involves is changing your port settings to the new Google platform ones, as for them viewing your attachments, exactly how many staff do think they would need to do that considering the millions of email accounts on their systems.  |
The problem with supplying a program to adjust people's settings is simple. That may not be all it does. It could install a trojan. It could go through all your files looking for any evidence of passwords or account nos.
You can argue that you should download files from legit websites, and you should. However criminals are very good at making their emails, and even websites *look* like they are from the company and therefore appear legit. It doesn't help when certain companies (e.g. PayPal) advise users not to click account links in any emails while happily providing account links in emails.