• Security
  • By Lucian Constantin
  • August 6th, 2010
Fake Antivirus Masquerades as Wireshark

Fake Antivirus Masquerades as Wireshark

Yet another example of scareware abusing the name of trusted apps

  • Security
  • By Lucian Constantin
  • August 5th, 2010
New Scareware Abuses VirusTotal's Name

New Scareware Abuses VirusTotal's Name

Tries to exploit its popularity

Scareware Pushers Put Out Fake Press Release

Scareware Pushers Put Out Fake Press Release

New campaign abuses legit press release distribution service

Scareware Scheme Abuses Firefox 'What's New' Page

Scareware Scheme Abuses Firefox 'What's New' Page

FakeAV served as Mozilla-recommended Flash Player update

New Koobface Variant Installs Highly Invasive Rogueware

New Koobface Variant Installs Highly Invasive Rogueware

Blocks almost all browsing and programs

New Wave of Injection Attacks Targets WordPress Blogs

New Wave of Injection Attacks Targets WordPress Blogs

Compromised websites direct users to scareware

Fernanda Romero-Related Search Results Poisoned

Fernanda Romero-Related Search Results Poisoned

Malicious links lead to scareware sites

Scareware Authors Now Offer Live Tech Support

Scareware Authors Now Offer Live Tech Support

Product localization too

Microsoft Helped Tackle $100-Million Fake Antivirus Operation

Microsoft Helped Tackle $100-Million Fake Antivirus Operation

That duped customers in over 60 countries

Over 13 Million PCs Infected with Fake Antivirus Cleaned in 2009

Over 13 Million PCs Infected with Fake Antivirus Cleaned in 2009

By Microsoft security solutions

  • Security
  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 22nd, 2010
McAfee's False Positive Incident Exploited to Infect Users

McAfee's False Positive Incident Exploited to Infect Users

Related search results poisoned with malicious links

Scareware Distributors Go After the Oscars

Scareware Distributors Go After the Oscars

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