New Scareware Twitter Campaign, Not all links are safe!

By Paul | Sep 21, 2009

I was checking out twitscoop and I happen to find something interesting out. Looks like the scareware scammers have started to target twitter:

which anyone of those links will lead you to something like this:

As you can see they are trying to scare you into buying there software or install their fake software. These are redirect URLS and they have started to use twitter trends to copy. Some of the ones that I am seeing are sites that I have already talked about, most of these are Windows Security Suites and should not be installed or downloaded. These sites are what are commonly called “Fakeware” and do nothing more than scare you into paying for their services and after they have your card will most likely use it for other purchases These are what I call fake scanner pages trying to fool you into thinking this is on your system.

Most of the time, These sites are injected into one's browser by way of a Trojan taking over the system. If left untreated these sites will become more and more profound trying to get you to install them. Most of the time these are installed in unsuspecting computers by way of exploits, backdoors, or unsafe downloading practices. This usually means that if you have it you should remove it by any means necessary because this software has been know to cause more and more trouble as time goes by. This software is fake ware, it tries to tell you have a virus and that they can get rid of it. In fact, this software is not designed with Antivirus engine in mind but to illicit pop ups and warning to raise the users security concerns about the computer in question. Downloading programs from bit torrents or other unsafe ways can and most likely will have these types of programs installed alongside the program you wanted.

Threat to System : Moderate

Rating:

Advice : Make sure your system is free from any more malware, Trojans, or Viruses that are hidden. You may need to install this software after you boot in to safemode, it is also advised to scan in safemode.

It is Important to get all Malware off your system in a timely manner!!

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