In article <apjne.40294$Ph4.905874@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Bear Foot <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
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> http://www.internetweek.com/16370242...CCKHSCJUMEKJVN
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> or
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> http://tinyurl.com/98b6m
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> An apparently bogus anti-spyware tool is the newest addition to the
> expanding "ransom-ware" category of malware, Panda Software said Tuesday.
> Ransom-ware, the term some have slapped on malicious code that infects a PC,
> then demands money in return for cleaning up the machine or unlocking
> suddenly-encrypted documents, is just another example of how hackers are
> increasingly driven by greed, Luis Corrons, the director of Panda's research
> lab, said in a press release. Now, said, Corrons, a purported anti-spyware
> product, SpywareNo, joins the list of ransom-ware.
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> Surreptitiously downloaded when users visit certain **** or pirate Web
> sites, SpywareNo exploits vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer
> to get onto a PC. Once it installs itself, it creates an icon on the desktop
> and displays a bogus warning that the system's infected with spyware,
> Corrons said. (It also modifies the Windows Registry to guarantee it runs
> every time the PC is started, even after the user thinks he's managed to
> manually delete the program.)
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