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Anyone who uses a piece of cracked software is a liability to the security of the NET.
Windows security: New BSOD scam emerges from fake tech-support swamp
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The way I'm reading it is that the software installer is hacked and not the user installing a illegal copy of a program.
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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.
Windows security: New BSOD scam emerges from fake tech-support swamp
Last Updated: 02 Dec 2017 at 16:54
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.
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