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Rogue\Suspect Software Ads In Blogger Blogs

Recently while perusing Digg, I came across a blog on Google Blogger domains pushing rogue software, WinFixer to be specific. I buried it and with the help of another blogger, had it shut down.

Now we're on a mission, looking for more rogues. They seem to run in groups, and almost all are identical in design and content, with a big 'ad' right at the top.

We're hopeful that Google will step up and do something about what could be a very serious problem for unsuspecting users. It's not so much the software that's bad, but they want you to buy the stuff to remove threats and we all know that's a scam. Read More Here