IT Security Tip: Fake update prompts from popular software

This Week’s Cybersecurity Tip of the Week, provided by PacketLogix
IT Security Tip: Fake update prompts from popular software 
 
All software needs to be updated on a regular basis. This includes popular programs such as adobe reader, java, and other programs that you might use on a regular basis. Since most of these programs don’t auto-update, they have to ask you to do it.  The bad guys have figured this out and use trickery to present you with fake update windows that look deceptively close to the real thing but will actually give you viruses or malware if you click on them. 
 
The best way to handle this is to either 1. Partner with an IT company that will handle 3rd party software updates automatically for you or 2. Only update this software from within the application itself.  Updates can usually be found in the ‘help’ menu for most software. 
  
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