"James Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote in message
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> The very good advise in this thread bear repeating often. But it seems
> so simple and harmless to take the Google shortcut. One product I use I
> often download from a well known download site. But it is always the
> same such site. Because the download process is subject to social
> engineering spyware criminals try to deceive the unsuspecting. Because
> of this, caution is the best mode of operation. Human nature says
> "CLICK HERE" but the safe course is to think first. Many of us have
> learned this the hard way. But yet it still bears repeating.

I know a person who went to download the latest version of a free registry
cleaner. He hit a fake site for the product that said it was no longer free
and costs thirty bucks. He actually paid these criminals for the prog with
his CC when it was still free all along. I'm surprised they didn't clean out
his CC too.