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System Fix Scareware

From Mary Landesman, About.com Guide   December 21, 2011

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Though all scareware tries to trick victims into purchasing bogus removal tools, System Fix goes even further - hiding and moving files and folders and terminating programs to make the ruse seem even more believable. Worse, System Fix acts as a downloader and typically installs the TDSS rootkit on infected systems. Here's a list of changes System Fix makes to the system in order to trick its victims: System Fix Description.

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