You're sitting at your computer, surfing the web. Suddenly, you get a notice. "Your computer is infected with 1,722 variants of spyware and malware. Do you want to scan?". The program won't take no for an answer either. Somewhere along the way, it asks you for money and your credit card number. What do you do?
If you give it the info, you have just been scammed and opened yourself to Identity Theft at a future date. Your computer is also infected with a fake/rouge antivirus malware. The way it works is simple. You go to a site that was either compromised, a typo, or an infected banner ad was shown. A 1 pixel by 1 pixel Internet Explorer window opened in the background, went to the malware site, and using activex? downloaded and installed the malware on your computer in the background...without your permission or knowledge. Some even end up being used by spammers and scammers to ply their trade.
Obviously, this is money driven, so once again...if there was no market for it? No one would be creating this crap.
Something to think about this weekend.
Peace,
Frank
