SecurityRatty: Be carful of online scams this Holiday season

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Be carful of online scams this Holiday season

2008-10-15 16:11:06 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog

I know its early, but alot of use are buying a lil at a time, and most of it online.
So be careful cause the nasties are out in force.

clipped from biz.yahoo.com

PandaLabs Issues Orange Security Alert: Economic Crisis is Forcing Cyber-crooks to be More Sophisticated

30 Million Computers are Infected by Fake Antivirus Programs Generating Nearly $14 Million for Cyber-crooks Every Month

- Distribution of more than 7,000 variants of this type of adware tricks millions of Internet users who spend an average of three days disinfecting their systems

- Scam is designed to obtain users’ bank details as users are directed to Web pages selling fake antivirus products

- Three percent of those infected actually end up buying the fake product