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Maximal Protection

posted by Kelly on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 21:13

Our friend Jake wrote in to say, "The 'Maximal Protection' malware that uses fake BSODs was in The Times today.  I remember dealing with this all the time last summer.  I don't know how much you are still seeing it, but I thought you would be interested."

Thanks for the link, Jake! We definitely saw a lot of this one, and it explains why these things even happen...

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