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If your antispyware provider can't spell...

One of my rules with security problems--phishing, bogus programs and such--is to check the spelling. Here's a secret: Hackers can't spell.
Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor

One of my rules with security problems--phishing, bogus programs and such--is to check the spelling. Here's a secret: Hackers can't spell.

Typically, any phishing expedition will have a few spelling errors. In that vein, Sunbelt Software highlighted some rogue antispyware variants. Here's a screenshot:

Two thoughts:

  • We must "stope" this insanity.
  • And if these guys ever learn to spell they will be really dangerous.

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