PaulHudson
msg:3755439 | 11:19 am on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I repair lots of computers with these useless scanners and alert messages. I feel for the average users that get duped by these...
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JerryOdom
msg:3755471 | 12:10 pm on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Can I get in on this suit based on the half dozen times a month I have to pull these things off the computers of friends and family. I've still never figured out the actual clicking behavioural pattern to get this on your computer. I've never gotten one before.
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WiseWebDude
msg:3755516 | 1:14 pm on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Good! Glad to see this! I'd like to get in on it as well. Everyone I know has got this crap and I have to get it off for them, it is like a freaking plague!
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opraus
msg:3755630 | 3:08 pm on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Agreed! And there are others too: Rogue anti-spyware like AntiSpyware XP 2008 && 2009. I had to add dozens of sites to my CAF, and they still come! Plague indeed!
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fischermx
msg:3755697 | 4:00 pm on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Oh, well, that used to be good business for me, when I was on computer repair business... haha.
Since in third world countries most people won't hand their credit card over the internet, they end calling the local pc guy to "fix" it.
The easier $20/hour ever.... :) But, well, seriously, it is good they're taking auction against these people.
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MatthewHSE
msg:3755707 | 4:12 pm on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Another article I read said this was also being pushed via Windows Messenger Alert spam. Wasn't that pretty much outdated and ineffective as of about 2003?
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g1smd
msg:3755847 | 6:51 pm on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Throw 'em in jail and throw away the key, and then sieze all of their assets too.
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walkman
msg:3756324 | 5:04 am on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
to the average person they look real
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tangor
msg:3756369 | 6:27 am on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
My brother just got nailed by these. Spent a few hours dealing with it. PITA all the way. Sorry to hear one of these guys is a fellow Texican....or at least located in the Great State.
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PaulHudson
msg:3756425 | 9:13 am on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
"Windows Messenger Alert spam. Wasn't that pretty much outdated" I still see this and many more attacks that are perfectly preventable. "actual clicking behavioural pattern" I've seen ads on major download websites with 'Your computer is infected' warnings. Often these adverts appear to be the actual download button for the effective software I was looking for. I'm not talking about junk sites here, it's the big mirror sites that are helping to push this junk out. No wonder average users get confused, half the time PC's are a guessing game for them anyway. Still, it does bring me an income but my sense of morality would rather it doesn't exist.
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Rosalind
msg:3756472 | 10:46 am on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Great. I hope Microsoft sue the shirts off their backs.
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Rugles
msg:3756603 | 1:48 pm on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Unfortunately, there will be others following up right behind these guys. It happened to one of my computers at home last year. I have no idea how I got infected. I am very good at spotting scams and potential scumware but somehow it got through. But good for Microsoft for nailing one of them.
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