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'Scareware' scams trick searchers - 23/03/2009

  • Using popular and mis-spelled search terms, the criminals divert people to sites that are seeded with fake warnings about virus infections.
  • The pop-up warnings claim that a visitor's PC is riddled with malicious programmes and spyware.
  • Research suggests some criminals are making as much as $10,000 a day from fake security software.

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