YoKenny Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Massive Profits Fueling Rogue Antivirus Market In the cyber underworld, more and more individuals are generating six-figure paychecks each month by tricking unknowing computer users into installing rogue anti-virus and security products, new data suggests. One service, that exemplifies a very easy way these bad guys can make this kind of money is TrafficConverter.biz, one of the leading "affiliate programs" that pays people to distribute relatively worthless security software. Affiliates are given a range of links and Javascript snippets they can use to embed the software in hacked and malicious Web sites, or tainted banner advertisements online. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityf...isrc=newsletter "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 You are all over the web YoKenny. I've seen posts from you on Avast and MalwareBytes forums' today This is getting ridiculous though. These people are making fortunes off of unsuspecting folks. Cybercrime is almost as bad as real life crime now. Just because of the time vested in trying to stay secure, money/data lost when becoming infected, and money spent on protection for those who choose to pay for products. There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Its marvelous what one can do with multiple tabs open, copy-n-paste and my OE showing me my email and news from grc.com "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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