All to common nowadays is the emergence of Fake anti-virus software, you know the kind I'm on about. That stuff that appears when you click the link of what looks like a perfectly innocent website and before you know it your getting repeated alerts saying your system is compromised and needs to scan, or it attempts to show you a Explorer window and pretend its scanning.
Examples of these are as such.
You have the common Javascript based alert which when you click ok takes you to a page where you can input your details (For harvesting, (this is where the criminals can take your details and pose as you)). After which a download occurs and implants malicious code into your system, often enough this malicious software scans for credit card details, passwords and other valuable information.
The next example is even easier to spot it bases itself upon the XP interface and attempts to fool you into downloading the software, something I'm sure all Vista and 7 users would easily be able to distinguish
Because? the XP fake antivirus page looks like this:
http://www.tdaxp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fake_antivirus_antimalwarescanner-480x422.png In its attempt to fool you.
However Windows 7 looks like this:
http://homepage.mac.com/uomoragno/RSSMac.info/files/windows7desk.png
So I implore all readers, if you come across the XP looking screen and you have Vista or 7, open your task manager (CTRL+Alt+Del) and close Internet Explorer, Chrome, whatever you use) Don't worry about anything you haven't saved.. A lost email is no issue compared to a infected computer.
Anyways
All the best for now,
Dan
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