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Virus attacks rise: It's because you're too clever
Beware the scareware
By Elinor Mills
Published: 8 April 2009 16:26 BST
The use of scareware and exploits that take advantage of common file formats like PDF, Excel and Word rose in the second half of last year as online scammers realised people are getting smarter about recognising spam and phishing emails, according to a Microsoft security report released on Wednesday.
There was a significant increase in rogue security software, which falsely informs people they need to buy security software and instead either does nothing or steals personal information, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report found.
Two rogue malware families - Win32/FakeXPA and Win32/FakeSecSen - were detected on more than 1.5 million computers, pushing them into the list of top 10 threats in the second half of 2008. One rogue application, dubbed Win32/Renos, was found on 4.4 million computers, showing growth of nearly 70 per cent over the first half of the year, according to the report issued twice per year.
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Beware the scareware
By Elinor Mills
Published: 8 April 2009 16:26 BST
The use of scareware and exploits that take advantage of common file formats like PDF, Excel and Word rose in the second half of last year as online scammers realised people are getting smarter about recognising spam and phishing emails, according to a Microsoft security report released on Wednesday.
There was a significant increase in rogue security software, which falsely informs people they need to buy security software and instead either does nothing or steals personal information, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report found.
Two rogue malware families - Win32/FakeXPA and Win32/FakeSecSen - were detected on more than 1.5 million computers, pushing them into the list of top 10 threats in the second half of 2008. One rogue application, dubbed Win32/Renos, was found on 4.4 million computers, showing growth of nearly 70 per cent over the first half of the year, according to the report issued twice per year.
More to read:
http://software.sili...39417626,00.htm
