Re: FTC files complaint against "Bogus Computer ScanSoftware" makers

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

Also, the term scareware was what the FTC used in the complaint. 

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Subject: Re: [funsec] FTC files complaint against "Bogus Computer
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> > "At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district 
> > court has issued a temporary halt to a massive "scareware" scheme
>
> AAAAaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Sorry.  But I am really getting sick of the media making up 
> unnecessary new malware terms ...

The media didn't create "scareware" -- it's a term that many of us have
used for quite a long time.

- - ferg

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