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Re: [PLUG] Fun with Viruses, really
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On 01/18/2009 edmond rodriguez wrote:
> Not
> sure what it's goal is, other than to get you to buy some software and
> scare you. I have only heard of people complaining of its presence and
> deceiving panels telling you your machine is in trouble and you need to
> buy something else to fix it (though I did not research it much). That is threatening and damaging enough.
> And it plays games with your systems restore points. So I guess that
> is a virus of sorts.
I understand that it is a big money maker. The price they ask is
relatively small, and a lot of people just pay it to make the alerts go
away. Of course, I don't know if paying the money actually does make
it go away.
Surprised to see the site was registered to a Braziliam entity, and not
Eastern European or Chinese where most of this stuff seems to originate.
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