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Fake Antivirus Overwhelming Scanners

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'd-rather-be-phishing dept.

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Rogue or bogus programs passing themselves off as real antivirus software have been one of the malware themes of 2009, but the APWG's numbers for the first half of the year show that the organisation's members detected 485,000 samples, more than five times the total for the whole of 2008."

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  1. MODERATORS! Who modded this down?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent up!

    1. Re:MODERATORS! Who modded this down?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Omg, this spamming of MOD PARENT UP etc actually working? I hope some more intelligent mods see it soon and mod you down.

    2. Re:MODERATORS! Who modded this down?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Sorry, I actually bothered reading parent. It is funny so I take back this comment.

    3. Re:MODERATORS! Who modded this down?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What, I read it again, and realized that I am a wanker.

  2. Re:The worst offenders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We've got like 300 CPU's, all EPO protected, and for all I know they could all be infected.

    That is some serious virus, dude. I've heard legend of some that corrupt the BIOS, but actually infecting the CPU? That's hard-core.

    [Sorry, but this is a nerd forum. Please speak nerd.]

  3. Re:OVERWHELMING SCANNERS!! by xerxesVII · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My kingdom for a mod point!

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  4. MOOOO0OOODDDD.DDDDDDDDSSS.SSSS.SS!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT UP

  5. MoD PaReNt INFORMATIVE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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