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Anti-vuvuzela software fake, says expert
Desperate attempts by football fans to reduce the “annoying sound” of the vuvuzelas have prompted frauds on the internet to come up a “fake software” called ‘Anti-Vuvuzela Filter’. However, security...
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SIIA goes after sellers of fake software in the UK and Germany
The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) has filed its first software piracy lawsuits in Europe. The cases were filed on behalf of SIIA member Adobe Systems as part of a new European...
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Fake Antivirus Software Uses Ransom Threats
Fake antivirus programs appear to be adopting some of the money-raising tactics of more threatening ransom malware, security company Fortinet’s latest threat report has found. The most prevalent...
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Fake security software takes aim at Mac users
Scammers are distributing fake security software aimed at the Mac by taking advantage of the news that al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces, a security researcher said today....
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Grand Strand Tea Party president arrested for selling fake computer software
The president of the Grand Strand Tea Party and his son were arrested on charges related to counterfeit language software being sold to a Loris man, according toan Horry County police report. Anthony...
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How to avoid the nasty fake antivirus scam
It’s one thing to write about the dangers of malicious software. It’s quite another to have it take over your computer. That’s what happened to me a few weeks ago. I was at work doing a routine online...
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Microsoft fake software alert
CONSUMERS are being warned about counterfeit Microsoft computer software, which is allegedly being sold over the counter as the real thing by unscrupulous dealers in Bahrain. The alert was issued...
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Google Pulls Fake Siri App from Android Market
Google has apparently pulled an application which represented itself as Siri, Apple’s revolutionary voice command software, from the Android Marketplace. Siri imitators have swarmed the Android...
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How to Spot Fake Anti-Virus Software
Fake anti-virus (AV) software is a pain in the rear. It’s annoying as all get-out. And it can do a lot of damage to your computer. Just when you think you’ve figured out that it’s fake, the bad guys...
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Fake Antivirus Ringleader Must Pay $163 Million
Acting on a Federal Trade Commission complaint, a federal court has imposed a $163 million judgment on a woman who allegedly helped run a scareware ring that tricked over one million consumers across...
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Fake antivirus software scheme results in four year jail sentence
Swedish credit card payment processor Mikael Sallnert has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $650,000 for participating in an international “scareware” scam that made $71...
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Fake software COAs seized in Klang
A total of 106 copies of fake Microsoft Windows 7 Professional and Home Premium certificates of authenticity (COAs) worth about RM44,200 were confiscated during a raid on an office in Bandar Botanic,...
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