圣诞佳节前后警惕常见的12种骗局(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:
据英国广播公司报道，圣诞节是很多人的购物盛宴，同时也是很多骗子活跃的高峰时期。如今网络骗局层出不穷，不过万变不离其宗，其中12种特别值得警惕。The first scam of Christmas is phishing
网络钓鱼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.
“网络钓鱼”盛行多年。骗子给你发送信息，让你点击一个虚假网站或者打开恶意软件。
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.
这种把戏并不新颖，但是骗子们也在“创新”，他们学会针对特定目标人群，这就是所谓的“鱼叉式网络钓鱼”。比如你在一个知名网站下订单，突然收到一封邮件，乍看是这个网站发送的，邮件称你的订单有问题，可以“点击这里”解决。The second scam of Christmas is the fake virus checker
虚假病毒检查程序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.
想象一下你上网给亲友挑选礼物，突然弹出一个消息框称你的电脑受到了病毒感染，需要下载一个免费的病毒检查程序解决问题。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.
事实上，如果你下载了这个软件，电脑才会真正的受到感染。对此，我们应该在上网前安装好病毒检查程序。The third scam of Christmas is the fake upgrade
虚假升级软件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.
我们习惯在圣诞节给亲朋友好友发送笑话和视频链接。想象一下，你登录一个社交网站，它提示你没有最新的Flash播放器，无法观看搞笑视频，“点击这里”就可以升级播放器。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.
而这里的“升级软件”本身就是恶意软件，它还会发送信息给你的朋友，让他们也来看这个有“埋伏”的搞笑视频。The fourth scam of Christmas is the "current news scam"
慈善骗局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.
骗子们还会用一些大的灾难来骗你的钱。很难想象，在台风“海燕”肆虐菲律宾后，竟有诈骗邮件和相关网站骗取人们的捐款。They look genuine but don't be fooled. The money goes nowhere but to the scammers.
它们看上去很真实，但实际上这些钱只会流进骗子的口袋里。The fifth scam of Christmas is the illegal "cracked" download
非法的“破解”软件下载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.
笔记本电脑及其相关设备都比较昂贵，骗子们就会提议你去购买便宜的操作系统软件、office办公产品等，并称你可以下载“破解”的盗版软件的“免费”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，不仅该软件是非法的副本，而且可能隐藏有恶意软件。Buy from reputable sites and remember if it's too good to be true then it probably is.
因此，我们应该从有信誉的网站购买相关产品。
