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rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware sued

The software purveyor behind AntiVirus XP, a fake anti-virus package, has been sued and will hopefully be put out of business.

There has been plenty of information available on this organization for some time, yet unsuspecting consumers continue to hand over their own money for what amounts to malware. Alex Eckelberry at Sunbelt Software has been tracking the fake software epidemic for some time, documenting some of the unmitigated gall these badware purveyors have displayed. They have even gone so far as to take out Google AdWords to push their malware. A solid breakdown of the legal events is available here.

Shocked

Katy · Sep 28, 2004

I've heard of this and I've also heard people say once you get it it is very difficult to remove... I went to googe and there are many ads for it....

fishead · Feb 09, 2005

I think that is similar to what I had, or something like it on my old laptop, and I still get those attacks in myspace. Maybe they will stop now. They should put these people in jail. They caused a lot of people a lot of problems, not to mention stole their money for fixes that were nothing but more of the same scam.

mojo · Feb 03, 2007