Technique
technique:scareware
Also: scareware campaigns
Fraudulent malware-related scheme in which victims are falsely told they have a virus and are induced to buy ineffective antivirus software.
Fraudulent malware-related scheme in which victims are falsely told they have a virus and are induced to buy ineffective antivirus software.
“This is where he would infect a computer and say there’s a virus on it and you need to buy this antivirus.”
Some Conficker variants were capable of running scareware, and the episode says it might have been preparing for such a campaign; this relationship is presented as uncertain.
Uncertain Confidence 82% · Jack Rhysider EP 57 Details
“there was evidence in some of the variants of Conficker that it was capable of running scareware, so it might have been getting ready to launch a big campaign”