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Malware Protection "designed to protect"

biko · 2011-06-28 09:13:17

This came up on a colleagues work computer, probably picked up on some site somewhere. Malware Protection is a rogue anti-virus application that runs a fake system scan and then concludes that your computer has a malware infection or serious security/privacy issues. To fix the malware infection you must pay a fee, about…

28-06-2011 10:13am

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This came up on a colleagues work computer, probably picked up on some site somewhere.

Malware Protection is a rogue anti-virus application that runs a fake system scan and then concludes that your computer has a malware infection or serious security/privacy issues. To fix the malware infection you must pay a fee, about $50. The rogue program copies user interface elements from real programs and it looks like a legitimate application. Plenty of people shell out $50 to register this fraud and that's a big problem because if you're transacting with these guys online you're offering them your credit card details.

How to remove
http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-remove-malware-protection.html

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