Posts by Pierre Forget

Anatomy of a malware scam

good article

Hi,

Nice article. I had a customer who paid for XpSecurityCenter, thinking he was buying from Microsoft. He printed out out the payment and it looked official, except in fine prints, the company was located in Moscow. The computer was supposed to have been cleaned by the software on friday, but on monday his ISP called him to say they cut their Internet access, because their computer was used in an attack (as a zombie) and they needed a proof of cleaning from the technician to reinstall the access.

As usual, solution was to format the hard drive, to make sure there is no root kit left over in the computer. I trust anti-spyware and anti-virus BEFORE the infection, not AFTER.

Thanks again for taking the time to write a nice detailed article

Pierre Forget