Following the Money: Rogue Anti-virus Software

By its very nature, the architecture and limited rules governing the Web make it difficult to track individuals who might be involved in improper activity. Cyber-sleuths often must navigate through a maze of dead-end records, pseudonyms or anonymous corporations, usually based overseas. The success rate is fairly low. Even if you manage to trace one link in the chain — such as a payment processor or Web host — the business or person involved claims that he or she was merely providing a legal service to an unknown client who turns out to be a scammer. But every so often, subtle links between the various layers suggest a more visible role by various parties involved. This was what I found recently, when I began investigating a Web site name called innovagest2000.com. This Innovagest2000 domain has for at least four years now been associated with spyware and so-called “scareware,” surreptitiously installed

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