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Ex-anti-virus chief in spyware scareware scam charges

The ex-chief of a South Korea-based anti-virus firm has been charged with using bogus security warnings to shift anti-spyware software of questionable value. Lee Shin-ja, 41, former CEO of Media Port, has been charged with fraud over the alleged distribution of bogus security software to almost four million internet users. …

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Anonymous Coward

Cybercriminals?

"Unfortunately it seems there are cybercriminals desperate for increasing marketshare who are prepared to scare users into making an ill-informed security purchase."

Little odd to describe one's own company as being cybercriminals, no?

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