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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Find-It Web Search has Been Shut Down.

The malware sites http://find-it.web-search.la/ and http://www.lycos.la/ have recently been shutdown. The following message appears on the sites:

The domain web-search.la [lycos.la] has been terminated for abuse.

If you received an email from a bank, eBay, or PayPal directing you to visit this site to update your account details, please click here



The site was also used to originate phishing e-mails. The link is to a simple Citibank primer on spotting and avoiding phishing schemes.

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