Sunday, April 20, 2008

New rogue: PrivacyWatcher

(Not to be confused with the legitimate PrivacyWatcher.)


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This PrivacyWatcher is a typical highly deceptive rogue security product. 

Fake scans scare the user into believing that all kinds of nasties are on their computer, with one scan observed even providing fake pornographic images supposedly “discovered” on the computer. 


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Alex Eckelberry
(Thanks Bharath)

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