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Schneier On Scareware Vendor Lawsuits

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-what-about-the-car-warranty-robot-who-calls-every-day dept.

Bruce Schneier's blog says "This is good: Microsoft Corp. and the state of Washington this week filed lawsuits against a slew of 'scareware' purveyors, scam artists who use fake security alerts to frighten consumers into paying for worthless computer security software. "

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  1. Microsoft is sueing themselves? by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Funny

    scam artists who use fake security alerts to frighten consumers into paying for worthless computer security software

    Sounds a lot like an average Windows advertisement.

  2. Re:FAKE security warnings, for Windows? by gaderael · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...after all, is there anything as insecure as Windows?

    Emo kids?

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