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Habakuk

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THE PARTNERKA – WHAT IS IT,
AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?


Over the last two to three years we’ve witnessed an emergence of a new Internet threat called scareware, which quickly became one of the most prevalent kinds of malware.

Mac users are not immune to the scareware threat. In fact, there are ‘codec-partnerka’ dedicated to the sale and promotion of fake Mac software. One of the recent examples is Mac-codec.com. At the time of writing this article, the site is no longer available, but just a few months ago it was offering $0.43 for each install and offered various promo materials in the form of MacOS ‘video players’.


http://www.sophos.com/sophos/docs/eng/marketing_material/samosseiko-vb2009-paper.pdf
 
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