Xanda's Blog !~! » rogueware http://blog.xanda.org Human Knowledge Belongs To The World. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:10:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Cyber Security is Evil! F-Secure is Evil! http://blog.xanda.org/2009/10/27/cyber-security-is-evil-f-secure-is-evil/ http://blog.xanda.org/2009/10/27/cyber-security-is-evil-f-secure-is-evil/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:33:43 +0000 xanda http://blog.xanda.org/?p=981 *still waiting for my advisory to be approved.. will post some links soon*

Hahaha.. Dont get me wrong.. I didn’t mean the companies are bad.. Its the rogue security software ;)

Rogue security software is a form of computer malware that deceives or misleads users into paying for the fake or simulated removal of malware. Rogue security software, in recent years, has become a growing and serious security threat in desktop computing

[source: wikipedia]

Lets see some screeny:


Yo! Cyber Security in da haus!


Google search lead to rogueware


Captain Obvious to the rescue! I’m in Linux and don’t have Windows installed ;)

Moral of the story:

  • do not simply trust free stuffs
  • keep your AV up to date
  • it is worth it to have antispyware installed (Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware is not bad)
  • find anything suspicious? keep a copy of it.. share the sample with me :P

*still waiting for my advisory to be approved.. will post some links soon*

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