by Albin on May 18th, 2009 in Rogues.
Another rogue anti-spyware application has been released. This one is called SecureAntiVirusPro. It will give exaggerated threat reports on the compromised computer, then ask the user to purchase a registered version to remove threats which don't really exist.
http://www.lavasoft.com/mylavasoft/securitycenter/blog/new-rogue-secureantiviruspro
They are also called scareware
ROFL đ perfect title!
I hear you!they are unbelievably convincing in order to make one be afraid and “then ask the user to purchase a registered version to remove threats which don’t really exist”yes(Tamil’s emoticon goes here ) :p