A special type of threat is software that claims to be security software, then tricks the users to pay a sum of money to be really protected, sounds interesting.
Nowadays some people are trying to make money in the easiest way possible, hacking is one of them. In this post I will be talking about Rogue security software, because there is many people out there that don't have the knowledge/information to be prepared to this kind of situations, and they can easily let themselves look like fools.
Rogue security software it's an software that claims to be a security software, and it will eventually poop up tons of notifications in order to get you to buy them programs for you to be "truly protected".
Any time we install any new program... we are likely to install others programs with it, unconsciously of course, but with there programs also comes virus and all kind of online threats. This is why in my opinion, you should be checking the programs you have installed on your computer, every 2 or 3 weeks, and uninstall any unwanted programs.
If by any chance when you're installing any new program, and for some reason you think the installation is being too quick or that it looks suspicious, you should instantly cancel the installation and ask for advise to someone who understands of the matter.
Sites used to find the information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_security_software
Examples of Rogue security software:
http://www.cmu.edu/iso/threats/rogue-software/rogue-software.html
Joni this is a good post but you should really have started with an introduction section stating what the task was and how you were going to complete it over the few weeks you have to do it.
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