Conficker Rolls On, With Scareware in Tow
One of the more infamous worms in recent memory is
still doing damage, in part by installing a form of "scareware" on computers -- fake anti-virus malware that promises to clean users' machines if they'll just fork over $50 or so.
Redmond magazine covered scareware in depth a couple of months ago. Read more about it
here.
Posted by Lee Pender on April 14, 2009