A Look Deep Inside the Scareware Epidemic

Kaspersky Lab malware analyst Vyacheslav Zakorzhevsky has written an in-depth article describing the scareware (fake anti-virus) epidemic.  The article touches on the common distribution techniques, the tricks used to scare users into paying fraudsters for a removal tool and the way code generators are being used to create these malicious programs.  It also provides some infection statistics and some practical protection advice.  Read the full article [viruslist.com]

Commenting on this Article is closed.