Initially, the unlucky victim gets the usual blunt, and very convincing warning – much like the one below. This time around, the bad guys have combined the ever popular missing codec scam (see – Video Codecs – Gateways to Malware Infection – March 2010), with the more usual “Hey, you’re infected” scareware shakedown.
The ever creative malware clan though, which seems to be always tinkering with delivery methods, has just released a combo threat in an effort to enhance what is already a mature and lucrative business model. Pay me now – not later, is a common theme encountered by those unlucky enough to be trapped. Scareware and Rogue applications (essentially one and the same), once installed, are usually in the victim’s face with an immediate demand for money.
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