This may be for those who are sighted. Even if you are not sighted, you still may be filing taxes as part of your business.
In today’s newsletter, it talks about scams and a site called efile.com. It was giving the classic popup where it claims you need to update your machine to use the site. As of April 6th it seems as though you can use the site, although I’d be careful and don’t download anything if it asks you.
Kim komando in her newsletter is saying not to use the site, but any site can have these issues.
How can you not know that your site has issues? Simple. You’re not checking the site. I always go to my sites to make sure that nothing suspicious is going on.
Companies like Phishlabs scan the internet for trouble and look for a way to contact you and notify you of an issue. But they won’t notify you if the site is telling you to download an update to something like Adobe Flash or something else just to get the site working.
The article from komando.com is titled Warning: Popular e-file tax site caught spreading malware for weeks and you should read it. Its got numbers for the IRS attached to the article for those who need it.
No site is immune, including small sites like yours and mine.
Stay safe. Stay well. And yes, this article is going on to the next EMHS update. Thanks for reading!
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