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Topic: Good Reading About Fake Anti Viruses |
John Floyd
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 10 Jul 2010 11:05 am |
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I had to disinfect a friend's computer after he knowing installed what turned out to be a fake anti-virus program and was about to pay to have it remove the fake infections. When I asked him if he knew how he acquired this malware, he told me he Googled for a free anti virus program and it was near the top of the results. He was fooled by the advertising copy and high search result and infected his computer on his own.
Cybercriminals who distribute fake (rogue) anti (virus/spyware/security/registry) programs also run blackhat SEO campaigns to get their programs high in the search results for a few days, then they cash in on hapless victims.
I and other members of this forum will never recommend a fake/rogue security application. We only promote known legitimate products. Some are free, others are not, but they will remove anything they detect. Rogue anti-whatever displays fake scan results and only removes them after you pay. This type of malware is classified as scareware and fake alert.
There are even some rogue anti-virus testing websites popping up now. They pretend to compare actual test results of commercial and free security programs, with fancy charts. At the end they tell you that all products tested failed and are totally useless. They attempt to charge huge fees to the actual companies which own those products, for the complete test results. Those results are rigged and fake, but the money is long gone to the far east.
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George Rozak
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Braidwood, Illinois USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2010 9:09 pm
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| Wiz Feinberg wrote: |
Rogue anti-whatever displays fake scan results and only removes them after you pay. This type of malware is classified as scareware and fake alert.
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I've had several of these fake antivirus programs supposedly scan my computer and then list all of my Registry entries that were infected - usually dozens of infected Registry files. Problem is... I don't have a Registry - I run Linux... 
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John Floyd
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Posted 12 Jul 2010 9:03 am
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| George Rozak wrote: |
I've had several of these fake antivirus programs supposedly scan my computer and then list all of my Registry entries that were infected - usually dozens of infected Registry files. Problem is... I don't have a Registry - I run Linux... |
George, If I were You I would be a little suspicious  |
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Storm Rosson
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Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2010 1:31 pm
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 And to further compound the perpetration of these pos programs is the TV advertising, (browbeating in my mind) ,taking advantage of, no PREYING on the average users lack of pc knowledge.THere oughta be a law against crap like that....really....Stormy  |
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Ray Minich
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 10:18 am
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When I get that junk I usually hit "alt-F4" until all browser windows are closed, then start up again.
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