Tag: scam
Viruses: Hackers Using Fake Parking Tickets to Infect Computers
by Daniel on Feb.09, 2009, under Security
Here’s an interesting twist on an old scam. In a town in the US someone has been issuing fake parking tickets. The fake tickets instruct the victim to go to a website to pay their fine, the website in turn says that you have to download a ‘toolbar’ to see the details and pay their fine.
Needless to say the toolbar is really a trojan infested piece of malware, which will continue to spawn popups including the notorious Antivirus 2009.
Viruses: Hackers Using Fake Parking Tickets to Infect Computers.
Yet another example of how the bad guys are changing their tactics to stay ahead of the curve.
