Just weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and U.S. Internal Revenue Service Web sites.
Over the past four days the scammers have used so-called redirector links on Web sites belonging to magazines, universities and, most remarkably, the Microsoft.com and IRS.gov domains, said Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who first reported the activity on his blog Tuesday.
The fake antivirus software, also called "scareware," installs a keylogger on the victim's computer, presumably to steal login names and passwords, and also launches fake warning popups on every Web page that the victim visits telling him he needs to buy antivirus software, called System Security.
"More government shadow operations that are designed to "SPY" on the American people for whatever reason they "JUST US"fy using "THEIR" surveillance operating system (OS) Microsucks etc.Love "Light" and Energy
_Don
References:
[Update: 06.13.10 Microsoft Secretly Installs Firefox Extension via Windows Update]:O
[Update: 06.02.10 Windows Live Messenger Hack Tool Is Actually Malware] LOL LOL LOL
[U.S. Government 'covert' Hackers update rootkit causing Windows blue screens]
[Update: Windows Seven Siins]
http://windows7sins.org/
[Using software updates to spread malware] THE BIG DUHHHHHHHHHHHH!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10301485-245.html
[Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council]
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10258634-83.html
[Microsoft Investigating Forced Silent Windows Updates; THE BIG DUHHH!]
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Investigating-Forced-Silent-Windows-Updates-115385.shtml
MicroSuckS blockS messenger:
http://www.infowars.com/cuba-criticizes-microsoft-blocking-messenger/
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/air-force-windows/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10195176-38.html
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/012709-security-firm-sees-alarming-rise.html?hpg1=bn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7834792.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832652.stm
http://www.infowars.com/?p=7064
http://garwarner.blogspot.com/2008/12/more-than-1-million-ways-to-infect-your.html
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