| Dec 14, 2009 |
FBI Releases Warning about Scareware The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a warning to alert users about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages that appear on the Internet. These pop-up messages may contain seemingly legitimate antivirus software. Users who click on these pop-up messages to purchase and install the bogus software may become infected with malicious code or to become victims of a phishing attack. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to do the following to help mitigate the risks:
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