Spyware Blockers

How could there be good money in writing software that no one wants? When the software you’re writing is spyware, you can make a very good living. A new report from Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center say they’ve found data to suggest that scammers operating in Eastern Europe get about $0.10 for each person their software successfully redirects to a rogue Web site. In the space of slightly more than two weeks, the security firm says that 1.8 million users were redirected to the rogue site, meaning that the scammers collected a cool profit of about $180,000. Good money if you can make it.

There’s Big Money In Spyware

What’s worse than that, somewhere between seven and 12 percent of the redirected visitors paid an additional $50 for useless, rogue anti-spyware software. Now keep in mind that these visitors were redirected from legitimate Web sites, perhaps through ads planted on the sites or bogus comments on blogs. Even more sinister techniques involving hacking could have been used to compromise the sites.

The scammers also use search engine optimization techniques to make the compromised sites and the target rogue site appear high in the search engine results for particular keywords and phrases. These techniques led even more unsuspecting victims to the rogue sites directly from the search engine results.

Spyware is big business, and the more the scammers can distribute, the better off they’ll live. How can you prevent yourself from becoming a victim? You can’t control which sites get compromised, and you may not even know that you’re visiting a compromised site, but you can get the protection you need to prevent yourself from becoming a victim.

Spyware Doctor offers real-time protection against spyware and malware infections. Once installed on your computer, Spyware Doctor keeps track of what you download and prevents you from installing infected and suspicious files. That’s the kind of protection you need day in and day out.

Spyware Doctor has been downloaded by millions of PC users who want to keep their computers free from noxious malware. Spyware Doctor has been tested independently and has proven itself time and time again. No other program has won as many awards and distinctions from industry experts. Spyware Doctor is the number one spyware removal tool on the market today for a reason. It finds the malware that other spyware removal tools leave behind. Choose Spyware Doctor for the cleanest clean you can get!

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