Peaches Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Internet Scammers Leap on Patrick Swayze's Death "Tim Greene, Network World Malware ghouls took just a few hours to begin preying on the death of actor Patrick Swayze with a new version of a familiar phony anti-virus scam. America's 10 most wanted botnets F-Secure's News from the Lab blog details how one malicious site works, luring visitors to the site to buy anti-virus software that can remove alleged infections. Unconvincingly disguised as a news report about Swayze's death, the malicious Web site does contain strings of words that mention Swayze, his illness and death, but are not a comprehensible account of what happened. The site also generates what appears to be a pop-up window warning: "Your system requires immediate anti virus scan!! Total Security can perform fast and free virus and malicious software scan of your computer." Read full article at pcworld - http://www.pcworld.com/article/172074/inte...yzes_death.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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