At several client sites recently, we've seen the nasty results of the latest virus/spyware scam to hit the Internet. Simply put, it's fake anti-virus software. What you'll see is a message claiming that your computer has many vulnerabilities and/or many infections and the only way to clean them is to download and run a linked anti-virus program. Of course, the anti-virus program is none of the sort - it's a virus or spyware! So, please remember (and remind your staff) not to download so-called "free" virus protection (or system tune-up utilities from the Internet. If you aren't sure, call us and we'll check it out.
You can read about one of the latest scams on Wired's website here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/dan-brown/
It's quite ingenious... they are using Google and the latest current events to ensure they are at the top of current search results and, of course, when you click on it, you get infected or tricked into infecting yourself.
One website that tracks these nefarious characters is StopBadware.org at http://stopbadware.org/ You can check there for the latest scams.
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