The US government has moved to shut down sellers of fake security software. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has won a restraining order that stops several sellers of "scareware" from continuing to trade. Millions of people are thought to have been caught out by the software which, once installed, issues false alerts about viruses and illegal porn. The FTC is pursuing further legal action to win a permanent ban on those peddling the scareware.Court papers submitted by the FTC show that the peddlers of the fake security software tricked websites into advertising their products. The companies behind the fake security software won customers via adverts on many popular websites. Anyone clicking on an advert was taken to the webpages run by the fake security firms which then ran a "scan" looking for security problems.
News source: BBC News
but im glad there being shutdown since it's all BS.
I have helped some noobes rid their computers of it and its clones, and believe me these scarewares are freaking persistent and difficult to remove.
How do you like your spam now?
Too Easy! oh, you mean lock them up AFTER it's abandond and closed,without food and water
Scumbags must pay for their crap.
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