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It hasn't just affected us but other known forums on the net. The spammers tend to push a program that is claiming to remove the latest rogues like SpyLocked/SpywareLocked/SpyLocker but infact it's a program called SpyHunter.
…….hears the penny/cent drop.
Yes the company that pushes SpyHunter is Enigma Software Group. The one that use to be on the bad Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites list for this reason:
“…Enigma’s SpyHunter anti-spyware application was listed on this page primarily because of the company’s history of employing aggressive, deceptive advertising…”
They hide their installer as a tool that claims to remove rogues then when you download the recommended tool from the said site you get the SpyHunter installer. If you ask me in light of this. They should be re-listed on the list above.
They go on your forum (or public service boards) and have a few different tactics to try and make it look like they are legit users. Or just spam links to whatever rogue is on at the time.
If you are part of the spamming gang, do yourself a favour and stop your posts on each and every forum and public service like yahoo. It doesn’t do you any favours and more importantly the computer users. Especially now people like me blog about it. But feel free to contact me!
If you are a forum owner and wish to discuss this then you can do so in a few wayr. Reply with a comment to this article or discuss it on our forum. Computer users with any infection should avoid 411-spyware.com and seek advice from helpers here or at ASAP sites.
Blog article:
http://www.securitycadets.com/2007/04/411-...forum-spammers/
More Coverage:
http://temerc.blogspot.com/2007/04/spyware...alotpart-2.html
Digg:
http://digg.com/security/411_spyware_com_T...forum_spammers/
Update: Site Lists in Question:
411-spyware-remove.com
411-spyware.com
spywareremove.com
against-spyware.com
anti-spyware-101.com
spyware-escape.com
spywarelocked.org
xp-vista.com
softvote.com
2-freespywareremoval.com
uninstall-spyware.com
uninstall-i-lookup.com
