Microsoft® Malware Protection Center produced this article yesterday.
Manufacturing Fear
We’ve seen some particularly nasty malware recently that has prompted me to think about how people react to scare tactics and fear appeals. The kind of malicious software I’m thinking of in particular here is generally referred to as ‘rogue security software’, and it displays false and misleading messages regarding malware infections in order to convince affected users to perform a particular recommended action, which would normally involve ‘cleaning’ their machine in a particular way.
Read on:
http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2008/08/25/manufacturing-fear.aspx
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