What do the fake 404 pages do?
Blake C. | 12.26.07 - 5:24 pm | #

Blake C wrote "...What do the fake 404 pages do?..."

The 404 error scam sites are used by the Zlob infestations to re-dirtect users who mistype, click on dead URLS, or urls that are blocked in the users Internet Restricted zone of the registry. The page usually states "you have been blocked by adware or spyware" and has a link to one of the antispyware rogues the Security Scam Hijackers advertise. This is one of the main scare tactics they have used since March of 2005 first from popfinder.net.

I have an example at my site at:
http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/ R...rscarepage.html
Patrick Jordan aka webhelper | Homepage | 12.26.07 - 9:56 pm | #

What's up with the scammers' infatuation with the word "gate" in their domain names?
dean | 12.27.07 - 2:12 am | #

What's fun is that it detects itself!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ a...self_detect.png
Arkadius | 12.27.07 - 3:32 am | #

I love the names they come up with.
Geez.
Doug Woodall | Homepage | 12.27.07 - 12:26 pm | #