Pirated software is a good source of hiding viruses
Microsoft Inc warned that the pirated softwares are a big source for hackers to hide the virus and attack on the systems once the software run on the machine.
Microsoft explained “rogue security software” is a growing threat as hackers take advantage of people’s fears of worms such as the notorious Conficker.
“Rogue security software is the number one threat worldwide,” said George Stathakopoulos, general manager of the Trustworthy Computing Group at Microsoft.
Rogue security software referred to as “scareware” pretends to check computers for viruses, and then claims to find dangerous infections that the program will fix for a fee.
“The rogue software lures them into paying for protection that, unknown to them, is actually malware offering little or no real protection, and is often designed to steal personal information,” Microsoft said.