Microsoft to Sue 'scareware' Pushers

[sowhat-x]

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151602/microsoft_washington_state_to_sue_scareware_pushers.html

Seems to me that after having tons of AntiVirusXP-alike domains shut down,
scammers are gonna have to deal with various other legal issues as well...

[sowhat-x]

Official public release statement from Washington Attorney General:
http://atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?id=21026

Brian Krebs' article in WashingtonPost as well:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/09/microsoft_washington_state_tar.html

[TeMerc]

Sandi @ Spyware Sucks has some more details:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/09/30/1649214.aspx

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Court Halts Bogus Computer Scanshttp://ftc.gov/opa/2008/12/winsoftware.shtm