There is a new rogue antispyware on the loose, called Spyware Soft Stop (Whois).
If you have the misfortune to run an executable named “sss_bot.exe”, you’ll get presented with a fake (and poorly worded) security message:
What follows are more crafty screens designed to think you’re doing a normal Windows update:
And here’s the lovely app in all of its glory:
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Of course, numerous terrifying results (all false) that one can only “clean” by purchasing the program.
Alex Eckelberry
(Thanks for the tip from some French friends)