Got this email appearing to be from Fed Ex, and yes, I was expecting a package from Fed Ex (which is so common it’s why these type of scams work, I guess). I clicked the tracking link without thinking, something I have never done before. That was yesterday, I don’t remember where the link took me, probably to a fake tracking page. This afternoon, no package at the door… then I thought, holy crap. Came back to check the email and it is very easy to tell it’s fake.
The link is
[Tracking # 30574795217785](http://testing dot technocrack dot com.au/app.php)
I googled but cannot find anything about that url, or this scam. My question is: how can I check and ensure I am not compromised? I run McAfee Live Safe, hoping that does its job but no way to verify. What do you suggest?
Only one way to be sure - need to reboot your machine from a CD or USB loaded OS, then run an external virus scanner looking for boot sector, driver level, and other nasty malware. Anything run from your machines OS is now suspect.
A number of companies offer bootdisk loaded anti-virus scanners, just choose your most trusted vendor and go.
Righto, thanks. Going to set up a bootable Win10 USB, I assume I should boot from it then install the anti-virus scanner program, then run it? Run the scanner from the hard drive or the boot USB? I’m guessing I can install the scanner as usual on the hd but run it from the boot usb…?
I’d run malwarebytes and dump mcaffee. Malwarebytes is very good at what it does. I hate mcaffee software with a passion, just like norton/Symantec. Too many support issues with them over the years.
