SmitFraud
SmitFraud or W32/SmitFraud.A is a type of spyware that installs itself into a computer via adware, without the user's knowledge. Most of the time, it installs itself after a computer user installs a spurious codec, such as BrainCodec, PCodec or VideoKeyCodec. It is also embedded in certain programs, such as iVideo, and many downloadable music files from music sharing programs and torrents.[1] SmitFraud infects a Windows DLL with a computer virus,[2] and typically changes the infected computer's desktop background into a Blue Screen of Death. SmitFraud is now being used to term infections wherein users receive fake alerts from software luring the user into installing some affiliated fake/rogue anti-spyware with or without user's knowledge[citation needed].
[edit] See also
- Rogue software
- Spydawn
- Spylocked/Spywarelocked
- SpySheriff
- Virusheat
[edit] Notes
- ^ PC Hell: How to Remove SmitFraud variants like WinAntivirus Pro 2007, PestCapture, and more
- ^ Encyclopedia. Panda Security
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