Looking at any hijackthis board or malware board in general you can see the XP antivirus (and other similarly named rogues) menacing people's computers.
One part of the article may be incorrect.
Participants were fooled by the fake messages — which had subtle physical differences — 63 percent of the time, hitting the “OK” button in the message box despite being told that some of what they would see would be false.
Study co-author Michael Wogalter, a pyschology professor at NC State, says the results of the study highlight the need to educate Internet users to be cautious. “Be suspicious when things pop up,” he says. Don’t click OK — close the box instead.”
Source: NC State
Be suspicious when things pop-up is correct, however, versions of XP Antivirus install when you click the close box. The safest way to close the pop-ups is through the task manager. This website provides the preferrable methods.
joe53
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October 3rd, 2008 03:00
Nice find- thanks for the heads-up!
Joe
beversoll
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October 4th, 2008 02:00
Looking at any hijackthis board or malware board in general you can see the XP antivirus (and other similarly named rogues) menacing people's computers.
One part of the article may be incorrect.
Participants were fooled by the fake messages — which had subtle physical differences — 63 percent of the time, hitting the “OK” button in the message box despite being told that some of what they would see would be false.
Study co-author Michael Wogalter, a pyschology professor at NC State, says the results of the study highlight the need to educate Internet users to be cautious. “Be suspicious when things pop up,” he says. Don’t click OK — close the box instead.”
Source: NC State
Be suspicious when things pop-up is correct, however, versions of XP Antivirus install when you click the close box. The safest way to close the pop-ups is through the task manager. This website provides the preferrable methods.
This topic was discussed in this DCF thread.
Bugbatter
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October 4th, 2008 15:00
http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2008/10/02/rogue-antivirus-a-closer-look-at-win32-antivirusxp.aspx