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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 AV business alive and kicking

27

Oct

2011

Since June 2011 we have seen a substantial decrease in the number of fake antivirus programs. Right now we are observing 10 000 daily attempts to infect users with Trojan-FakeAV; back in June the figures were 50-60,000. The daily number of attempted infections using Trojan-FakeAV in the past 5 months Nevertheless, new versions of this […]

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Windows 8 anti-virus has a long way to go

30

Sep

2011

When Microsoft unveiled the Developer Preview of Windows 8 two weeks ago one of the items to get the most attention was it’s included unmanaged anti-virus solution. I was interested in what capabilities it might have and how it would present itself to users who stumble across something malicious. Naturally I installed it on a […]

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