PandaLabs has discovered a new spyware program ‘DigiKeyGen’. It enters into computer in the form of a free download.


PandaLabs has discovered a new spyware program ‘DigiKeyGen’. It enters into computer in the form of a free download.

PandaLabs announced: “The web page in which PandaLabs has found DigiKeyGen offers a program that allows free access to pornographic content.

It actually installs other malware on the system, asking the user for payment in exchange for eliminating it”. [source]

After attacking the computer the software offers an anti-spyware program to clean the system for $49.95.

Luis Corrons, director of PandaLabs, said: “Cyber-crime, which aims to make easy money, simply applies traditional fraud techniques to the Internet and as a result, anybody tempted by the chance to get something for nothing is taken in, unaware of the risks of apparently harmless actions, such as downloading small programs or accessing certain websites”. [source]

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