FBI hits Latvian scareware peddlers who infected 1 million

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken aim at two Latvian gangs that allegedly made tens of millions of dollars by sneaking fake virus warnings onto victims' computers and then charging them to clean up the mess.

It's called scareware, and it's become a big problem for Internet users. According to the FBI, one of the groups infected 960,000 computers, costing users $72 million. A second group made about $2 million by placing fake ads on the Minneapolis Star Tribune's website.

admin 23 Jun, 2011

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