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JGarnettAU
Explorer | Level 4
10 days ago

Suspicious "DropboxUpdater" file appears to be passing itself as legitimate Dropbox file

Hi, I'm informing you about this both to let you know that Dropbox may be being used as a means to get through firewalls, and to get this on the record for other people having the same issue. I will ...
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Hannah
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9 days ago

Hey JGarnettAU, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Would it be possible to send us a screenshot(s) of what you're reporting?

Or is everything gone from your computer by now?

Keep me posted.

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