Thanksgiving webcam promo leads to malware

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The US$10 webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of those deals that's too good to be true. And for her, it was.

Panicked, she shut down the computer and called Office Depot. Their support technicians told her to try a free antivirus program -- Avast -- which then identified rogue antivirus files on her computer.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120409-thanksgiving-webcam-promo-leads-to.html?page=1

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