PSA: Read this. Seriously.

[peppermintesse]

Anatomy of a Malware Scam

XP Antivirus, in this case, not a virus as such, but an insidious lookalike 'scareware' with convincing-looking 'scans' and warnings (and even a fairly authentic looking Windows Security Center, save the grammar errors), designed to get you to hand over your credit card information.

The article is a real eye-opener; the author installed it into a virtual machine, so he includes screenshots.

Comments

[trexphile.livejournal.com]

Wow.

I wonder if Dawnie ever fell for one of these. It wouldn't surprise me.

I should make sure Sassy knows about this -- Alex uses her laptop a lot, and although she would know better, he might not.

Thanks for the info!!

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Look, I am matching your mood icon!

[http://users.livejournal.com/makaze_/]

I didn't get a chance to read this post until today and funny enough this is the exact just I'm cleaning off of my friend's computer right now.