5 hours 23 mins ago
Sky News 2009
Quote:
Web users fall prey to the scam when they click on links, pop-ups or flashing adverts warning them their computer is infected.
The fake program then appears to run a virus check which tells the user their PC is infected and asks them to pay for it to be cleaned up.
But downloading the software can give criminals access to bank details and computer files.
Symantec found 250 rogue programs were downloaded 43 million times in the 12 months to July 2009.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091019/tuk ... dbed5.htmlSeveral months ago a simular incident happened to me, it was called "MS Antispyware 2009." They did a heck of a decent job of making all of the popups look like legit Windows messages. Someone not paying close attention or in a hurry will fall victim to these types of scams.
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