01-31-2010, 12:15 PM
This was one of several variants of the "buy my antivirus" scams that pop up warnings saying there is a virus and locks up the computer until the user succumbs to the pitch and buys the product or takes steps to remove the virus. Luckily, there was a fix I found on the web that (relatively) quickly allowed me to remove it.
The question is: Since this "should" be easy to trace since money changes hands (at least from those that fall for the scam) why isn't the distributor of the virus arrested and charged? I'll give my opinion first - that it's run from a foreign country (most likely considering the poor English used in the warning dialogs) and there is no multinational cooperation for arresting these people. Any other reasons?
The question is: Since this "should" be easy to trace since money changes hands (at least from those that fall for the scam) why isn't the distributor of the virus arrested and charged? I'll give my opinion first - that it's run from a foreign country (most likely considering the poor English used in the warning dialogs) and there is no multinational cooperation for arresting these people. Any other reasons?