News - Microsoft security report warns of rogue security software

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The sixth Microsoft Security Intelligence Report reveals scareware now among the top security threats.

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Can't say that comes as a surprise. I lost the best part of a working week to attempting to clean, then wiping and reinstalling, a colleagues computer after he'd let his kids play on it and it'd "somehow" picked up one fo these fake VirusScan malwares. Grrrr....

Again, I'm not supprised. I've had a few clients caught out by some of the scareware 'products' out there, can take a while to sort out (in some cases it's better to format and start again.