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Rogue Anti-Virus Victims Rarely Fight Back
krebsonsecurity writes "One big reason why rogue anti-virus continues to make major bucks for scam artists: relatively few victims ever ask their credit card company or bank to reverse the charges for the phony security software — even when the victims don't even receive the worthless software they were promised. I recently found several caches of data for affiliates of a rogue anti-virus distribution program, and the data showed that in one set of attacks only 367 out of more than 2,000 scammed disputed the charge. A second rogue anti-virus campaign scammed more than 1,600 people, and yet fewer than 10 percent fought the charges."
I keep getting 15 every few days... also, ACs don't typically get to mod, do they?
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
Nope, they never do. Which is why, even though his comments may be modded up while he posts AC, he isn't getting any points on his account - which in turn affects the number of mod points he gets to use.