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Don’t Let Scareware Fool You

Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 1:21PM |

Read an interesting article about cybercrime firm Innovative Marketing Ukraine on PCMag.com last weekend. The article provided insight on the company and background on the rogueware business—most fascinating was the impact it has on the entire world.

As quick background, Innovative Marketing creates the most destructive and profitable viruses in the world. The software pretends to scan for viruses—and surprise, surprise—when one is detected, it offers a solution to clean the machine—of course, at a cost between $50-80. Quite the deceiving business…

Rogueware businesses affect nearly 3.5 million PCs worldwide, and social networking puts more fuel on the fire. The software is loaded on to Twitter and Facebook, for example, and from there, the viruses rapidly spread. We’ve seen this most recently with the Panda Security look-alike software on Facebook. Another example of how this is spread is through online marketing. There was one instance when the New York Times ran a rogue advertisement on its Web site; every time a reader clicked on this particular ad his or her computer became contaminated. A senior researcher at Websense expects hackers to more aggressively attack this avenue down the road.

This is definitely a huge issue that all computer users need to be aware of. Always be mindful of what you are downloading and clicking on, and make sure it is from a trusted source. Install AntiVirus software on your machine, and frequently check to see if detection files are up to date. Taking these simple steps can protect your computer, and save you the hassle of debugging your PC.

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