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"Scareware" Creeps Into MSN IM

 
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:49 pm    Post subject: "Scareware" Creeps Into MSN IM Reply with quote

In an article posted at ComputerWorld called "Shady 'scareware' creeps into MSN IM," by Jeremy Kirk (IDG News Service) dated February 20, 2007, it is reported that:

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Microsoft Corp. said it moved quickly to remove a banner advertisement that appeared on its instant-messaging program for a software application that falsely hypes security threats on a user's computer.




http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011586&source=NLT_SEC&nlid=38
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