Video exposes how this software reports fake errors to compel user to buy the product. You have probably heard about software tools that offer free scanning of your PC and reports fake errors to make you buy the product. Well, we wanted to actually see if this is the case, and decided to test one of these products, PC Doc Pro. We produced a video that shows you, in practice, what happened: http://www.mywot.com/en/online-threats/fraudulentsite A clean installation of Windows Vista Ultimate has 572 problems! We started with a clean install of Windows Vista Ultimate. PC Doc Pro scanned the system and found 572 problems, out of which 31 were severe! On a clean Windows Vista installation! Oh yes! The product fixes 50 problems for free, but to fix the rest, you need to buy a 30-day license that costs $29.95. This is a good example of software that scares consumers by producing fake or false detection warnings. Misleading unaware computer users into downloading and paying for the "full" version of bogus software seems to be one emerging trend within the rogue software on the Internet. Traditional security software doesn't provide protection This type of scam cannot be detected by traditional security software, since the website as such doesn't necessarily spread malware that anti-virus or anti-spyware systems would notice. Preventive protection against fraudulent sites is provided by reputation based systems such as Web of Trust, WOT. WOT provides users a common platform where they can share their experience with websites and companies by rating sites and leaving their comments. This way the word about good and bad customer experiences will spread fast. WOT, people-driven security tool WOT is a people-driven security tool that warns Internet users about dangerous and suspicious websites. Site reputation data comes from the user community in combination with trusted sources such as listings of phishing sites. WOT in brief: • www.mywot.com • Free add-on for the browser (Internet Explorer and Firefox) • 900,000 downloads • Safety ratings on 20 million websites • Rating information for trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy and child safety • Demo video: http://www.mywot.com/en/demo • Screen prints, logos and photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mywot/sets