Also, the term scareware was what the FTC used in the complaint. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] FTC files complaint against "Bogus Computer ScanSoftware" makers
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <[email protected]> wrote: >> "At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district >> court has issued a temporary halt to a massive "scareware" scheme > > AAAAaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Sorry. But I am really getting sick of the media making up > unnecessary new malware terms ... > The media didn't create "scareware" -- it's a term that many of us have used for quite a long time. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFJQWbOq1pz9mNUZTMRAmJpAKCqzhUgOdG6RBwj9+Q5Y434VUZ87gCgkike 7Lzl4e0x23VYT394yMIa0R0= =d21M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
