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Saturday 21 February 2009

Rogue anti-virus software points to fake reviews

Rogue anti-virus software points to fake reviews - The Inquirer < read full post

Watch out for rogue anti-virus programs, period.
This one in particular (Anti-Virus-1) is altering the host file so when you go to certain legitimate review sites, you will get automatically redirected to fake versions of the site which give glowing reviews of the fake anti-virus program.

UPDATE - More on this at
Ars Technica: New malware attempts legitimacy by spreading phony reviews


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