I just wanted to point to another nice piece of reporting and analysis today by Washington Post columnist Brian Krebs. Having had to scrub this malware (or virus) from children's and 'friend's' computers alike, it is a story about something I find interesting as well. Please check out the link. (Photo credit: www.polyvore.com)
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...
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