'Scareware' scams trick searchers - 23/03/2009
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Using popular and mis-spelled search terms, the criminals divert people to sites that are seeded with fake warnings about virus infections.
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The pop-up warnings claim that a visitor's PC is riddled with malicious programmes and spyware.
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Research suggests some criminals are making as much as $10,000 a day from fake security software.




