[SGVLUG] Scareware scammers - sold fake AV software
Charles Wyble
charles at thewybles.com
Mon Dec 15 09:53:06 PST 2008
Martin Huh wrote:
> Hi all again,
>
> Sorry for my truncated message that was sent prematurely by a mistake,
> triggered by pushing a wrong button while I was writing, using my
> iPhone and while lying down on bed. This is a continuation for that
> letter.
>
> Two weeks ago one of my computers was infected with a rogue Spyware
> called "Antispyware Knight", which keeps sending me a popup message
> prompting me to download/buy their software every time I click on the
> screen. Because the computer was crippled, I eventually had to have
> the infected computer to be dismantled and to have Windows
> reinstalled, at a cost of $ 250 and with the consequent losses of some
> data. I was so mad that these crooks let me waste so much times and
> energy, NOT once but three times in the past 5 to 6 years.
>
> I hope that the FCC's request for the restraining order results in the
> rooting out of these warped criminal minds.
>
I believe it was F T C not F C C
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