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FTC to refund rogue security software victims

15

Dec

2011

The United States Federal Trade Commission announced that it will begin issuing refunds to 300,000 consumers that were victims of several rogue security software scams such as “Winfixer“, “Drive Cleaner” and “XP Antivirus“. The following is a list of Microsoft antimalware product detection names that are linked to the Winfixer family: Program:Win32/AdvancedCleaner Program:Win32/Antivirus2008 Program:Win32/Antivirus2009 Program:Win32/SpywareIsolatorProgram:Win32/WinFixer […]

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Cyber Monday spam hits email inboxes

28

Nov

2011

It’s Cyber Monday – the first Monday after the American Thanksgiving holiday, and traditionally a time when consumers spend oodles of cash purchasing goods online. Of course, if you’re working in an office today you might want to make sure you don’t over indulge too much on consumerism – not just because it may be […]

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Be the First to Snatch the Coveted iPhone 5

07

Sep

2011

Note: Thanks to Amit Kulkarni for his contributions to this blog. Since its launch, the Apple iPhone has been on the wish lists of most consumers. The iPhone 4 has already made an impression in the marketplace, so it is obvious that spammers will make the best of this opportunity. Symantec observed spam tactics just […]

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