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Scams in the News (10/19/2009)

By KVNPark | Published: October 19, 2009

We seem to have skipped Fall and gone straight to Winter here in Ontario.
This blog is almost three months old now. Time sure passes by fast, huh? Only thing exciting this time of the year is the start of another NBA season. I’ve been a little busy with other businesses, but didn’t want to skip a Scams in the News article.
Well, the biggest news… Continue reading

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5 Fake Antivirus Software Titles

By KVNPark | Published: October 7, 2009

We’ve talked about scarewares many times before.
Scarewares use scare tactics to convince people to install their rogueware / malware. These roguewares are often in the form of an antivirus. A window would pop up alerting you that your computer is infected and that you need to install this antivirus to take care of the problem. The pop-up is part of the malicious website and is… Continue reading

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Bunch of Alerts on Computer Security Threats

By KVNPark | Published: October 1, 2009

Wow, today is a busy day. So many news and threats to alert you about.
I decided to combine today’s stories on computer security to this one post so I don’t bombard you, RSS subscribers, with too many articles. Okay, let’s get started with the first news.
Internet More Dangerous than Ever, Report Say
… Continue reading According to Anti Phishing Working Group, the number of fake antivirus programs

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Scarewares Target Twitter

By KVNPark | Published: September 23, 2009

Recently Microsoft sued… Continue reading malvertisers in an effort to stop the madness that is the industry of scarewares and roguewares.
A new popular method for spreading scarewares, other than advertising and spam, is to target social networking sites. They make fake Twitter and Facebook accounts and inject links that lead to websites that sell scarewares. It’s called scareware because the website tries to scare you into purchasing

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