Peaches Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 </h3><h3>New fake antivirus accepts SMS payments by Elinor Mills There's a new twist with some fake antivirus scareware that has cropped up. It accepts payment via SMS, according to antivirus firm CyberDefender. Typical rogue security programs infect the system first, then display pop ups warning that the computer is infected, and request payment to clean it up. The new programs are seemingly more genteel, asking for the money before the program is installed and infects the system, said Achal Khetarpal, threat research director at CyberDefender. Of course, a payment does nothing to "fix" a system and means criminals now have your money and possibly your credit card information. When a potential victim happens upon a Web site hosting the malware, a dialog box pops up that looks very much like an installer window for a legitimate antivirus product, according to screenshots from CyberDefender. It says "Welcome ... ........ Originally posted at InSecurity Complex Read full post & comments - http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20052203-245.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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