Important Bogus Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Used to Distribute Fake AV

snoopy · May 5, 2013

Bogus Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Used to Distribute Fake AV

Webroot warns that it has recorded an increase in the number of Fake AV scams that leverage the name of Microsoft. One of the attacks it has analyzed involves a fake Microsoft Security Essentials alert that pops up on a website. As long as users ignore these alerts, they have nothing to worry about.

However, if they follow the instructions and install the applications served by the site, their computers become infected with a fake antivirus that keeps bugging them about fake threats until they pay a certain amount of money to “register” the so-called security app.

The Fake AVs disable the Windows firewall, create services and registries, and warn victims of infections each time a piece of software is executed.

To protect yourself against such attacks, remember the following things:

- Microsoft will not contact you to tell you that your computer is infected;
- Always make sure you have an antivirus solution installed on your device;
- Keep your software, including the operating system, permanently updated;
- Use ad-blocker add-ons with your browser;
- Refrain from clicking on suspicious links, or opening files attached to unsolicited emails.
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