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Anyone who uses a piece of cracked software is a liability to the security of the NET.
Tech-support scammers are using fake blue screen of death (BSOD) messages and a bogus 'Troubleshooter for Windows' application to dupe victims into paying $25 for security software they don't need. In this case, the scammers are attempting to sell a supposed Microsoft security product called 'Windows Defender Essentials'.
The scam combines the names of two real anti-malware applications from Microsoft: Windows Defender and Security Essentials.Windows security: New BSOD scam emerges from fake tech-support swamp | ZDNetBleepingComputer notes that there is a simple way to "trick" the program into unlocking itself. Once the victim reaches the PayPal purchase screen, they can type Ctrl+O to open a dialogue box and enter the addresshttp://hitechnovation.com/thankyou.txt , which makes the program think the victim has paid. It then shuts down.
Malwarebytes has provided removal instructions.
The way I'm reading it is that the software installer is hacked and not the user installing a illegal copy of a program.
Hahahahaaaaaaa... That serves you right, crooked scammer!BleepingComputer notes that there is a simple way to "trick" the program into unlocking itself. Once the victim reaches the PayPal purchase screen, they can type Ctrl+O to open a dialogue box and enter the address http://hitechnovation.com/thankyou.txt, which makes the program think the victim has paid. It then shuts down.
Malwarebytes has provided removal instructions.