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The ultimate guide to scareware protection
« on: September 16, 2009, 03:09:46 PM »
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The ultimate guide to scareware protection
Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 5:49 pm

Throughout the last two years, scareware (fake security software), quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily basis, with the gangs themselves earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process.
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