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Remove-Malware News and Notes 8.30.11

So where did all the fake anti-virus go?   Russian authorities busted their payment processing systems (ChronoPay) effectively crushing the fake anti-virus business almost overnight.  I personally think someone got a nice payoff in Russia from Apple (Apple has more money than some countries btw).   Think back just a few months ago…Mac Defender.  Remember that [...]

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Searching Online Whitepages Often Leads To Rogue Antivirus…or Worse

I’m often curious on how my clients become infected.  What websites they visited, what they were searching for and of course what kind of protection they had on their computer.   After taking notes for a month it seams that 75% of the clients infected with rogue (fake) anti-virus first observed the rogues infecting their [...]

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