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More free software repackaged for money

15

Nov

2011

In previous posts, I’ve shown how popular free software programs are repackaged and sold by scammers, while containing spyware, or are outright replaced by malware. The number of web sites offering such repackaged software has been on the rise in the past weeks [LINK TO PREVIOUS POST]. The most popular repackaged software used to be Flash, antivirus […]

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Fake free AVG download sites

20

Oct

2011

Fake antivirus sites are a very common way to trick people into installing malware on their computers. Another technique is to repackage popular software with adware or malware, and offer them for download. AVG is a popular Antivirus vendor that offers a free version of it’s product at http://free.avg.com/. Rather than getting money by bundling […]

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Another Bing advert to steer clear of…

19

Oct

2011

Here’s an advert in Bing which wants you to install some adware located at chrome(dot)freewarecentral(dot)net – it was coming up in results when searching for “Chrome download”. Click to Enlarge As with most of these downloads, the site is reasonably convincing: Click to Enlarge Hit the install button, and you’ll be faced with the following Pinball […]

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