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Technology | Media In a report released on Tuesday, Symantec noted that Brazil had risen to third place in the list of countries with "malicious activity," defined as spam, online scam attempts and other types of cybercrime. The United States remained in first place at 19 percent, with China second at 8 percent, and Brazil third at 6 percent. Conficker -- a malicious software program all over the news last April -- and sophisticated attacks on websites of Google Inc and other large companies in December and reported in January were the most publicized cyber events of the year. But the single most prevalent form of cybercrime was fake security software, which computer users normally see as a flashing notice that their computer is infected with a virus, said Vincent Weafer, a Symantec vice president. The notice often provides a link to software that can be downloaded after payment, but the user does not get security software but rather, a virus or worse, Weafer said. 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(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Richard Chang) Technology Media Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment Apr 20, 2010 4:54am EDT To the comment ‘Fake Security software still big problem’. Yes, it’s true, betrayal-ware is a huge problem for the average user. Unfortunately, legitimate security software often also interferes with the normal operation of the computer. I can’t count the times that Anti-Virus applications, including ones from Symantec, have falsely reported and quarantined legitimate in-house business applications through the use of ‘heuristics’. It’s gotten to the point that I generally recommend making sure that your copy of windows is fully updated (patched), using the windows firewall, and permanently removing internet security suites. dcolivares Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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