Author: Michael Madigan
Posted: 2011-03-26 at 02:44:22
It's a jungle out there and when they do catch the perps, it's a slap on the
wrist.
----- Original Message ----
From: "MB Software Solutions, LLC" <mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com>
To: ProFox Email List <profox@leafe.com>
Sent: Thu, March 24, 2011 11:48:47 AM
Subject: Re: [NF] Fake Antivirus Software
On 3/24/2011 10:26 AM, Lou Syracuse wrote:
> My wife called me in a panic a few days ago with the same message. She had
> heard me talk about AVG so she called me right away. Thankfully I had
> removed AVG from the system a few weeks ago when my contract with them
> finally expired (that's a story for another thread) so I knew it was bogus.
>
>
> What also got my attention was even if AVG found something, why would it
> need to download something (an update?) to continue? That isn't how it
> updates itself. Had I actually had AVG running, and not been paying
> attention, I may have fallen for it especially when I'm on the phone and
> can't see the screen. I'm sure that is what they are counting on...
>
> The web is NOT a safe place.
I think the malware writers are becoming more clever. I had a coworker
almost get duped by System Defender, which looks almost the same as
Windows Defender!
--
Mike Babcock, MCP
MB Software Solutions, LLC
President, Chief Software Architect
http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com
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