TO FIGHT FAKE ROUGE PRODUCTS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH AGE OLD TRUSTED PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS ARSTECHNICA.COM AND PCWORLD.COM AND CNET.COM AND ON AND ON..... FAMILIAR AND POPULAR DESTINATIONS ON THE WORLD WEB THAT ARE WELL ESTABLISHED AND WELL KNOWN AND HAVE WRITE UPS ABOUT REAL PRODUCTS.

I HAVE JUST SEEN A FAKE PRODUCT VARIANT OF MALWARE VIRUSBURST SITE THAT LOOKS LIKE A REAL ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT WEBSITE WITH SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS CLAIMING IT JUST WAN ITS 4TH VB100 AWARD !!!! 

FBI Releases Warning about Scareware (US-CERT) http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#fbi_releases_warning_about_scareware

KNOW AND ASK ABOUT AGE OLD KNOWN PUBLICATION WEBSITES FOR CROSS REFERENCES OF PRODUCTS - BELOW ARTICLE SHOWS 16 TOP PRODUCT NAMES THAT YOU NOW KNOW ARE NOT ROGUE FAKE ANTIVIRUS PRODUCTS. IT HAS TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE CURRENTLY !!! BELOW ARE YOUR TOP WORLD PRODUCTS - SHAREWARE ......PRELIMINARY LIST WILL ADD MORE / JAN 2010

Rating the best anti-malware solutions
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/av-comparatives-picks-eight-antipua-winners.ars

Here are the results of this particular test:

1.G DATA Antivirus 2010: 99.8 percent
2.Trustport Antivirus 2010: 99.8 percent
3.AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9.0: 98.9 percent
4.McAfee VirusScan Plus 2010: 98.9 percent
5.BitDefender Antivirus 2010: 98.6 percent
6.eScan AntiVirus 10.0: 98.6 percent
7.F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010: 98.6 percent
8.Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010: 98.6 percent
9.Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010: 96.7 percent
10.ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0: 96.5 percent
11.avast! Free 5.0: 96.3 percent
12.Sophos Antivirus 9.0.1: 95.4 percent
13.Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0: 94.6 percent
14.AVG Anti-Virus 9.0: 93.9 percent
15.Norman Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.30: 88.5 percent
16.Kingsoft AntiVirus 9 Plus: 87.1 percent

VB100 Award = Perfect scores ! (Top AntiVirus World Prize)
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_Bulletin
About the Virus Bulletin 100% award
The Virus Bulletin 100% awards recognise those products best able to detect viruses known to be 'in the wild'. Unlike some other similar-sounding schemes, Virus Bulletin uses the most up-to-date WildList in its tests. This means that products that are 'up with the game' are the ones most likely to be granted VB100 awards. More information about Virus Bulletin can be found on its website: www.virusbtn.com.

ESET NOD32 Currently 59 VB100 awards !
http://www.eset.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESET_NOD32
This brings the ESET Antivirus VB100 award total to 59 - still
the highest of any antivirus vendor!
December 2009 - ESET antivirus scoops 59th VB100 Award
http://www.betterantivirus.com/nod32-and-virus-news/archives/1456-December-2009-ESET-antivirus-scoops-59th-VB100-Award.html

Sophos Antivirus (UK)
http://www.sophos.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophos
Sophos's anti-virus engine and identities are now packaged into
Webroot Spy Sweeper with Anti-Virus (Webroot Spysweeper one of world's best)
http://www.webroot.com/
Sophos wins VB100 on Windows XP
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2009/04/vb100.html
.....the 46th VB100 that Sophos has received !
(Note, Sophos is a corporate business application only available to Home Desktop
in the new "marriage" combo suite created recently with industry leader Webroot Spysweeper.)

F-Secure
http://www.f-secure.com/
F-Secure Awards - Award-Winning Antivirus and Protection Products
http://www.f-secure.com/en_US/about-us/awards-reviews/2009/

Advanced +++ in AV-Comparatives Performance test
Dec 23, 2009
Anti-virus (Award)
F-Secure Internet Security 2010 receives VB100 award in the latest Virus Bulletin comparative review.
http://www.f-secure.com/en_US/products/home-office/internet-security/
VB100 award
Dec 01, 2009
Internet Security (Award)

Kaspersky (Russia)
http://www.kaspersky.com/
Kaspersky Lab's antivirus solutions win prestigious VB100 award in testing on Windows 7 platform
http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=207575987
One of the most popular anti-virus solutions among computer users, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009, won a VB100 award from Virus Bulletin on Windows Vista Business Edition.

Avast
http://www.avast.com/
http://www.avast.com/eng/awards.html

PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus (PC Tools Spyware Doctor one of world's best)
http://www.pctools.com/consumer/products/
PC Tools receives prestigious Virus Bulletin VB100 awards
for Spyware Doctor and PC Tools AntiVirus
http://www.pctools.com/news/view/id/177/

Avira
http://www.avira.com/
http://www.avira.com/en/company_news/avira_receives_again_vb_100_award_on_windows_xp.html
Desktop Products
 Avira AntiVir Premium
 Avira Premium Security Suite
 Avira AntiVir Professional

CounterSpy (antispyware) with Vipre Antivirus (CounterSpy one of world's best)
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/
VIPRE® Antivirus + Antispyware from Sunbelt Software Wins VB100 Award for Malware Detection on Windows 7 Platform
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Press/Releases/?id=322
http://www.counterspy.com/

Kingsoft Internet Security
http://www.binarynow.com/
Kingsoft Internet Security 2009 obtains VB100 award from Virus Bulletin for April 2009
http://www.binarynow.com/internet-security/kingsoft-internet-security-2009-obtains-vb100-award-from-virus-bulletin-for-april-2009/
Kingsoft Internet Security 9 Plus
Internet security suite that contains anti-virus, anti-malware, a vulnerability scanner and personal firewall.
Find and fix rootkits, spyware, trojans, virus and malware infections. Protect your PC for less!

Forefront Client Security
http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/clientsecurity/en/us/product-information.aspx
Forefront Client Security wins VB100 award for Windows Server 2008 anti-malware
http://blogs.technet.com/forefront/archive/2008/10/02/forefront-client-security-wins-vb100-award-for-windows-server-2008-anti-malware.aspx 

NEWBIES ASK "WHAT'S BEST" - WELL REVIEWS FACTS INSTEAD OF "OPINIONS"..... WORLD INDEPENDENT LABS:
VB100 Award = Perfect scores ! (Top AntiVirus World Prize)
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_Bulletin
About the Virus Bulletin 100% award
The Virus Bulletin 100% awards recognise those products best able to detect viruses known to be 'in the wild'. Unlike some other similar-sounding schemes, Virus Bulletin uses the most up-to-date WildList in its tests. This means that products that are 'up with the game' are the ones most likely to be granted VB100 awards. More information about Virus Bulletin can be found on its website: www.virusbtn.com.

West Coast Labs
WCL provides an authoritative and independent service, delivering sound, meaningful technical information on which critical business decisions can be made. ...
http://www.westcoastlabs.org/
Checkmark is the world's fastest growing certification system for information security products and services. It is a highly regarded accreditation program, recognized globally by vendors, end users and by government agencies as providing End Users with effective confirmation of a product or service's effectiveness in an ever-changing threat landscape.
Products registered and tested in the Real Time programme are eligible to display the Checkmark Platinum Product Award. Those products registered and tested in the standard certification programmes are eligible to display the Standard Checkmark logo (below left).

AV-Test.org
http://www.av-test.org/
The company AV-Test GmbH is a worldwide operating and leading service provider for IT security testing and consultancy services. Our team has more than 15 years of experience in the area of anti-virus research and data security. Every year we perform more than 2,500 product tests of anti-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewalls and related products on behalf of vendors, integrators (OEM), corporate users and magazines.

Malware Research Group
http://malwareresearchgroup.com/
MRG Malware Tests
MRG On Demand and System Rescue test
The purpose of this project is to assess the effectiveness of a set of five full AV/AM applications and two AM/AS applications against 1000 mixed samples on demand and their effectiveness in detecting and removing fifteen live infections from a system.

Welcome to the independent and renowned ProtectStar Test Lab
http://www.protectstar-testlab.org/
The ProtectStar™ Test Lab, which has achieved world renown through the "ProtectStar™ AWARD", carries out thorough ongoing in-depth testing on security solutions offered by leading manufacturers. In addition, the ProtectStar™ Test Lab is the first global IT security company to focus its attention on mobile terminals such as PDAs, cell phones and smart phones, as well as on their security testing and evaluation.
About Us
http://www.protectstar-testlab.org/2_23_9_aboutus.html

Welcome to AV-Comparatives.org 
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
On this site you will find independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in our comparatives are already a selection of some very good anti-virus products. In order to get included in our main tests, vendors must fulfill various conditions and minimum requirements.

Epsilon Award - ESWC - the European Software Conference for ...
The Epsilon Award 2009 was won by Emsisoft. The nomination process for the Epsilon Award 2010 will begin on July 10, 2010. * ...
Epsilon is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet and the Phoenician Word for sun derives from that root. An astronomer knows that there is a constellation in space called (Lambda)-Epsilon which we can see at the right hand side. So the Epsilon Award is a combination of Excellency, craftsmanship and visionary ability. These are characteristics of an outstanding programmer and a piece of true software art.
http://www.euroconference.org/Epsilon_Vote.htm
[Which I assume is more cosmetics - looks, ease of use]
Aesthetics
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics

 

We are at such a late date in malware today - but a new decade in the Security horizon. In the years I have been a Helper in the community I have found generally the greatest threat is actually someone not aware of the dangers. Of course I finally got rid of my almost humiliating "newbie" tag days and then the computer jargon of it all comes into play - learnong how to even pose an intelligent question. Like learning finally there are viruses and worms - but these are not adware and spyware which are different and antivirus products do not get rid of them and is why they created antispyware products. And then the "Orson Wells" of it all - is it all "snake oil" (worthless products) or the industry itself infects and "milk money" (mafia protection fee) is collected through anti this and anti that.

Unfortunately all malware is exactly as described in any publication you will find - meaning the horror of computer damage or the horror of cyber criime as far as IDTheft and the like areas there as corporate extortion and so on. What to do ?

Just becoming aware of threats has won the ballgame, believe me.  In discovering the dangers of malware - virus and worm can destroy, adware and spyware can spy copy and broadcast data, trojans and rootkits can control - in the simple act of becoming aware of threats to computers and personal data today has put you on the road to Computing Safety. This is because the next logical step one takes is to find out how to get protected if possible. This next step is to today's security solution products - security softwares antivirus, antispyware, and a personal firewall for each computer.

Now, you soon find out about "Real Time Protection" which is as heuristics or intrusion protection or any tag name for these universal technologies protecting everything 24/7. Everywhere you browse, all email attachments and emails themselves (embedded threat as a jpeg photo virus) , downloading and opening softwares and files and documents etc - all is monitored for infection ready to execute to either mess up your computer or financial life.

If you just caught up with that - you have found out the free home versions traditionally have no Real Time Protection activated which is after purchase, though there have been a couple high quality products offered free to the Community such as former award winning (West Coast Labs Certification, VB100 award) Microsoft Windows One Care antivirus which is now free to the community from them and renamed "Microsoft Essentials". Of course there has been popular and very effective Windows Defender which began as Microsoft Antispyware and is not part of Windows in Vista and after (can use or not). Windows Defender is one of two antispyware programs in all the world I know of that indeed has Real Time Protection as pay products do. The other of course is popular Spyware Terminator with enterprise Clam antivirus which apparently removed offenses from the old Crawler toolbar listed as malware and now is clear of the red flagging in the industry. Sometimes they call that a "rebranded" toolbar. Many times crimeware is changed a little, repackaged, and reused to infect to get past detection which has been laughable to the security industry.

So bottom line and closing message is the point of this post - the difference in realizing you were not protected if you used a free or donate home version product that does not have Real Time Protecion activated traditionally in shareware (purchased) products. The free home versions offered by many top companies are called stand alone scanners and are "reactive" protection - scanning for and removing after infections. The real time products are called the proactive security solution.

(I am the webmaster of the bluecollarpc.org domain and former famous bluecollarpc.net we shut down in Oct 2009. We have refocused concerns to dealing with the world plague of botnet infection and removal and preventions, and I am no in Amatuer Forensics.... hope you enjoyed reading !)
ORIGINAL:
http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=529299&articleId=20592&func=5&channel=Computers+%26+Electronics

 

How And Where To Report Cyber Crime.....

REPORT CYBER CRIME
 
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
http://ic3.gov/
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes. read more >> http://ic3.gov/
 
Federal Trade Commission (USA) Complaint Input Form
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/widtpubl$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU03
If you believe you have been the victim of identity theft, you may use the form below to send a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The information you provide is up to you. However, if you don't provide your name or other information, it may be impossible for us to refer, respond to, or investigate your complaint or request. To learn how we use the information you provide, please read our Privacy Policy.
 
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Cyber Investigations - Cybercrime
http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/cyberhome.htm
 
Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section
http://www.cybercrime.gov/
 

WiredSafety.Org
http://www.wiredsafety.org/911/
Our Cyber911 Help tipline is not intended to replace law enforcement emergency 911, 999 and other numbers worldwide. It is to help people know where to get help when they are being victimized online, and to provide help when help is needed. We work closely with law enforcement around the world, and require that when offline threats are involved that local law enforcement be notified before we can offer assistance to the victim or their local law enforcement...
 
ReportCybercrime.Com (Private)
http://www.reportcybercrime.com/
Also, through our interactive forum you can get opinion of specialist attorneys and lawyers. Each lawyer in practice will give his opinion on matters, which are raised in the forum. You Can post queries view answers from experts and improve upon your knowledge base...
 
How to Report Cybercrime
http://www.katiesplace.org/report_cybercrime.html
WiredSafety's Cyber911 Emergency tipline is not intended to replace law enforcement emergency 911, 999 and other numbers worldwide. It is to help people know where to get help when they are being victimized online, and to provide help when help is needed. We work closely with law enforcement around the world, and require that when offline threats are involved that local law enforcement be notified before we can offer assistance to the victim or their local law enforcement.
 
Take a Bite Out of Cyber Crime
ByteCrime.Org
http://www.bytecrime.org/
 
STATISTICS
 
What statistics about cybercrime (no. of cases, damages, etc.) are available
worldwide and how to get them?
https://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=3009
 
I'm already aware of the CSI/FBI Survey(us), PKS(de), ZaRD(de), KES-Umfrage(de) and PWC-Cybercrime Survey (uk). Which others are available? Surveys should be in english, german, spanish or frensh so I can read them.
 
Cybercrime.gov
Cases
http://www.cybercrime.gov/cccases.html
 
National Fraud Information Center
http://www.fraud.org/internet/2001stats10mnt.htm
The 1997-2001 Internet Fraud Statistics Reports are available to the
public at the National Fraud Information Center (NFIC) website.
 
CERT/CC Statistics 1988-2002.
http://www.cert.org/stats/cert_stats.html
CERT(R) is a center of Internet security expertise, at the Software
Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. At the website, you will find statistics reported between 1988-2002 on the number of incidents, vulnerabilities reported, security alerts published, security notes published, mail messages handled, and hotline calls received. This data is used to improve network security.
 
Interpol - Information Technology Crime
http://www.interpol.int/Public/TechnologyCrime/default.asp

 

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