Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> It is in many cases the virus makers themselves who infect Windows, >> and then use FAKE anti-virus messages that offer to cleanse your >> machine "for a fee". > > URL? > > I'm sometimes prone to notions that seem conspiratorial myself, but > while this meme has been floating around for a few years I've not yet > been able to find any actual case where this has been demonstrated to > have happened.
I'm surprised you've never come across this Richard. Several weekends ago I spent several hours getting rid of this one on my father-in-law's laptop: <http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-remove-smart-engine-malwar e.html> These things been around for years and are only getting better (more "official" looking and more difficult to remove). Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
