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Technical Help & Discussion => Broadband, Networking, PC Security, Internet & ISPs => Topic started by: Simon on March 23, 2009, 22:17

Title: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Simon on March 23, 2009, 22:17

Makers of fake anti-virus software are exploiting search engines to drive people to sites peddling 'scareware'.

Using popular and mis-spelled search terms, the criminals divert people to sites that are seeded with fake warnings about virus infections.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7955358.stm

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Rik on March 24, 2009, 11:04

Anyone want to buy a few computers, I think I'm going to invest in a typewriter.  :bawl:

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Simon on March 24, 2009, 11:21

I have an old Brother word processor in the garage, if you want to buy it!  ;D

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Rik on March 24, 2009, 11:24

Daisy wheel? They were fun. :)

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Simon on March 24, 2009, 11:27

Not sure what a daisy wheel is. 

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Clive on March 24, 2009, 11:29

Shame on you Simon.   :laugh:

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Rik on March 24, 2009, 11:31

It's a disc with all the characters on it, each character being on a separate 'petal' so that they can be struck by the hammer to imprint the letter. It was a response to the IBM golfball. Both technologies actually produced better type than anything since.

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Simon on March 24, 2009, 12:13

I think mine must be slightly newer technology than that.  I'm pretty sure it's an ink jet printer.

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Rik on March 24, 2009, 13:10

Shame. The old 'letterpress' equivalent methods were superb.

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Clive on March 24, 2009, 16:12

I think the dot matrix printers replaced the daisywheel but the print quality was - well- dotty!   ;D

Title: Re: 'Scareware' scams trick searchers
Post by: Rik on March 24, 2009, 17:37

They were contemporary technologies, Clive, but the flexibility of the dot matrix saw off the daisywheels.