Interesting news item this morning
about Scareware
http://news.bbc.co.u...ogy/8313678.stm
Anyone got any info that will help spot it !1
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Started by Fluffy, Oct 19 2009 08:06 AM
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 01:44 PM
What do you think this site is basically all about?
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 02:31 PM
Exactly Corona !
Sharing info and trying to keep one step ahead of the newest and latest attempts to con people
Sharing info and trying to keep one step ahead of the newest and latest attempts to con people
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 11:37 PM
They have been doing thet for ages tho.
Browse web ... advert pops up flashing "you may be infected" or "9/10 pc have slow performance buy me to boost that"
Its just the same as the "you have won" ads, been around for ages not sure why they are re-classifying them.
Browse web ... advert pops up flashing "you may be infected" or "9/10 pc have slow performance buy me to boost that"
Its just the same as the "you have won" ads, been around for ages not sure why they are re-classifying them.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 01:45 AM
The reason roguewares still exist and are so $ucce$ful is because the internet is worldwide, not regional. Do you know how many dumb people there are on this rock? Quite a lot. When you're throwing your clandestine evil wares into a global market of nearly 6 billion people you're still going to get quite a few hits. I'm sure their biggest slice of the pie comes from non-Western countries where English is a tertiary language, thus making anyones' knowledge of English somewhat a status symbol. And if they see a big shiny Vista-ish ad written in English proclaiming that AntiVirus 2010 is the smartest protective wave of the future, well there ya go.
