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Pacquiao vs. Cotto

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:51am by Mark Olea
Mark Olea

Warning to all Pacquaio and Cotto fans. Bad guys are taking advantage of their upcoming fight. Searching for “Pacquiao vs Cotto” could lead to fake anti-virus programs.

Similar to the scam described at Arun Pradeep’s blog post. Once the search result is clicked, users are redirected to a website showing a fake online malware scanning and warns users that their systems are infected. It would then ask to install an anti-virus program to remove the malware.

This fake online scanning is seen hosted at the following domains:

  • secure-pcprotection.net
  • examinedicho.com

This malware is now detected as FakeAlert-AB. Always update your security product and be extra careful when accessing unknown sites.

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