聖誕佳節前後警惕常見的12種騙局(1)
This Christmas looks like being a bumper one for online shopping but not everyone is filled with the festive spirit and some have already set online traps they hope you will fall into. Here are twelve cyber-scams to watch out for this Christmas:
據英國廣播公司報道，聖誕節是很多人的購物盛宴，同時也是很多騙子活躍的高峯時期。如今網絡騙局層出不窮，不過萬變不離其宗，其中12種特別值得警惕。The first scam of Christmas is phishing
網絡釣魚They've been around for years and we've all received a dsters send you a message and attempt to make you click on a link to a fake site or open some malware that infects your machine.
“網絡釣魚”盛行多年。騙子給你發送信息，讓你點擊一個虛假網站或者打開惡意軟件。
They may be old but they have evolved and some are very cleverly targeted (known as spear phishing). Imagine you are placing orders on a well-known website for gifts. Suddenly you receive an email - apparently from that very site - saying that there is a problem with your last order and can you please "click here" to attend to the problem. Logos, email addresses, even the link might look genuine but you'll get more than you bargained for if you do as the email asks. Check twice and click once.
這種把戲並不新穎，但是騙子們也在“創新”，他們學會針對特定目標人羣，這就是所謂的“魚叉式網絡釣魚”。比如你在一個知名網站下訂單，突然收到一封郵件，乍看是這個網站發送的，郵件稱你的訂單有問題，可以“點擊這裏”解決。The second scam of Christmas is the fake virus checker
虛假病毒檢查程序You search for that elusive gift, and finally you're led to a site that appears to sell just what your nearest and dearest wait, a message flashes up saying that your machine is infected… but don't worry just download the free virus check shown and your problem will be solved.
想象一下你上網給親友挑選禮物，突然彈出一個消息框稱你的電腦受到了病毒感染，需要下載一個免費的病毒檢查程序解決問題。By downloading it you will actually be infecting your machine and your problems will only just have begun. Install a good virus checker before you go online.
事實上，如果你下載了這個軟件，電腦纔會真正的受到感染。對此，我們應該在上網前安裝好病毒檢查程序。The third scam of Christmas is the fake upgrade
虛假升級軟件As the Christmas spirit gets going we all send each other links to jokes and videos, on Facebook, by email and via imagine you arrive at one of these sites and it tells you that you don't have the latest Flash Player so you can't watch that funny video, but not to worry click here and you can get your upgraded player immediately.
我們習慣在聖誕節給親朋友好友發送笑話和視頻鏈接。想象一下，你登錄一個社交網站，它提示你沒有最新的Flash播放器，無法觀看搞笑視頻，“點擊這裏”就可以升級播放器。Not only will this "upgrade" be malware but that malware will go on to send messages to all your friends telling them to go see the "funny" video.
而這裏的“升級軟件”本身就是惡意軟件，它還會發送信息給你的朋友，讓他們也來看這個有“埋伏”的搞笑視頻。The fourth scam of Christmas is the "current news scam"
慈善騙局People will use major world events to scam you out of money, regardless of how sad the event may have been. We saw it with Typhoon Haiyan in the icult to believe in a season of goodwill but before the aid agencies had reached the poor people affected there were already scam emails and associated websites asking you to donate.
騙子們還會用一些大的災難來騙你的錢。很難想象，在臺風“海燕”肆虐菲律賓後，竟有詐騙郵件和相關網站騙取人們的捐款。They look genuine but don't be fooled. The money goes nowhere but to the scammers.
它們看上去很真實，但實際上這些錢只會流進騙子的口袋裏。The fifth scam of Christmas is the illegal "cracked" download
非法的“破解”軟件下載Many will be buying laptops or other computing devices for under the are expensive and there are many tempting offers to buy incredibly cheap operating systems, office products or other tasty goodies. There are even more tempting opportunities to download "free" copies of "cracked" pirated software.
筆記本電腦及其相關設備都比較昂貴，騙子們就會提議你去購買便宜的操作系統軟件、office辦公產品等，並稱你可以下載“破解”的盜版軟件的“免費”副本。However, not only are you likely to find that the download is an illegal copy - and may not actually run or has an invalid key - but also that it comes with a hidden present: malware.
然而，不僅該軟件是非法的副本，而且可能隱藏有惡意軟件。Buy from reputable sites and remember if it's too good to be true then it probably is.
因此，我們應該從有信譽的網站購買相關產品。
