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Mr. Shizzy · 17/04/2010 05:52 AM

A nasty piece of malware is doing the rounds in the BitTorrent community. The malware is taking the shape of a fake copyright notice that demands CASH in exchange for the user not being sued. Users are given the option to refer the offence to court or pay $400.

It directs users to the ICCP Foundation, whose website is down at the time of writing, but can still be viewed in Google's Cache. It claims to be a law firm targeting filesharers based in Switzerland, and warns that offences could result in five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Users are given the choice to refer the offence to court or immediately pay $400.

If you choose the court option, you get a notice that will scare you into going no further:

The foundation claims to be affiliated with the RIAA, MPAA and the Copyright Alliance, and its software seems to scan you hard disk for .torrent files to display as evidence to scare you with. Of course, if you're using magnet links, it won't find any. Still, if this screen starts appearing for you, then you might want to reconsider what you've been downloading - for security reasons, as well as copyright ones.

news via: maxconsole

eKusoshisut0 · 17/04/2010 05:54 AM

Lol, I wouldn't pay if it were real thing and they were knocking at my door , although I am pretty sure that there are people who will fall for it

....those sick bastards finding new ways to hurt innocent peoplez...

Incadude · 17/04/2010 06:26 AM

Nice that looks so official. Im sure they got some poor suckers to pay.

whjms · 17/04/2010 08:12 AM

cool! I wish I had some of that cash....

Slushba132 · 17/04/2010 12:16 PM

I remember stealing a [censorship] miscellaneous string of characters [/censorship] for one of adobes products and the website demanded you take a survey or pay for it... so I removed that part of the page to see the [censorship] miscellaneous string of characters [/censorship] and it said your attempt to hack this page has been logged

well I still got [censorship] miscellaneous string of characters [/censorship] but I was pretty scared they would report me to the [censorship] miscellaneous string of characters [/censorship] management agency :3

also... some .torrent files are perfectly legal...

even then, idk how well international law suits work...

zefie · 17/04/2010 05:16 PM

you can tell its fake by the 'enter previously purchased serial number'. wee all know copyright enforcement doesn't care if you already legally own it, you are still breaking the law by downloading it, which is stupid.

shikyo · 17/04/2010 11:32 PM

does that actually say "all the data gathered will be passes"!? Facepalm

canceling is also spelled wrong...

j_p_24 · 17/04/2010 11:35 PM

It does look quite official except the Lawsuit previews and Antipiracy news. I wouldn't be surprised if it was in windows 8.

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