There’s currently some buzz online about a recent e-mail that looks like it’s from Monster.com, touting the “Monster Job Seeker Tool,” that is really a phishing expedition.
The link in the middle, highlighted with a red border by me, says “Please click here to download Monster Job Seeker Tool,” and goes to an executable file from the domain bigmonstersoft.com, which has no connection to the real Monster Worldwide. If you get this message, delete it or feel free to report it to abuse@monster.com. Fortunately, the link doesn’t seem to be working currently.
January 20th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
That’s classic irony. An attempted ‘bad’ link doesn’t work on Monster! Maybe they write the search for the site as well……..??
January 24th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
It’s arrogance like this that really pisses me off….. 1) they assume I’m running Windoz, I’M NOT…. 2) Even if I were running Windoz, I definitely would NOT let some company install an “exe” file on my system. 3) I’ve already switched to the competition… I don’t need Monster!!
February 8th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Like a fool I downloaded the thing and ran it with admin right (WinXP-Pro), but nothing seemed to happen, which is what made me suspicious. Does anyone have any further info on this thing? How do I clean it or know if it has succeeded?
February 14th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Try using Spybot S&D or other adware removal s/w like Adaware. If its apparent that it removed what you installed, you might be ok.
A safer thing would be to run Windows System Restore which will restore your system to a date you specified.
I hope you learned a lesson.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
it’s back - it’s circulating around again. 4.9.07
July 11th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
I asked Monsters LiveChat staff about it before downloading. She said it was safe. Now my computer is dead! I will never use Monster again.