Avoid this BSoD Tech Support Scam

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SpartacusSystem

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Way back in 2008, I wrote about a piece of malware which took a prank Blue Screen of Death screensaver created by a security researcher, bundled it with malware and unleashed it on the general public.

While they sat looking in horror at the fake BSoD, rather nasty files were installing in the background. It was certainly inventive, but these days it’s all about the money and any attempt at elaborate shenanigans have been replaced by the quickest route to a pot of cash.

Here’s another one of those cut and paste fake Blue Screen of Death websites we wrote about in July, this time located at

windows-error-alert(dot)info/index(dot)html

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