Where can I find an online anti-virus...

[Paul Shirren]

On 24/09/09 10:04 AM, mike james wrote:
> sucker = me
> :)

Not at all. It would be terrible if we were all so cynical that we
didn't respond to calls for help. Online communities rely on goodwill
and these people abuse it. Lots of great replies from everyone as usual.

I have seen posts with the exact same text in several unrelated lists
and from different addresses.

This type of Dorothy Dix spam is becoming popular on forums. The
reasonable initial question doesn't register with filters or moderators
and creates a thread. Then another post is snuck in with some link spam
in an attempt to boost search engine ranking.

In this case I think the aim is to give the payload some sort of
legitimacy to casual inspection by slipping it in with the other
answers. The usual punchline to this one is a link to a site saying it
has detected malware on your computer (in C:\WINDOWS\System32 even on
Mac and Linux) and a helpful download link for a "solution" and I don't
mean an Ubuntu CD.