Tag Archives: Rogue AV

Adobe Reader installing McAfee Security Scan Plus Scareware

Posted on May 17, 2011 by halberenson

When I recently upgraded a couple of computers to the latest version of Adobe Reader I discovered something very disturbing.  The download installs software from McAfee (of all people) that amounts to Scareware (a type of Malware that tries to … Continue reading →

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How long does it take to get infected with Malware? About 5 minutes

Posted on May 12, 2011 by halberenson

Having a freshly setup PC, and virtual machine, I went looking for trouble.  I did a search for “medical forum” and up popped a link for medhelp.org.  I went to the site and created an account and then started navigating … Continue reading →

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