proliferation Offers fake antivirus is growing at an alarming rate that it is possible that it becomes the main threat to security. Recently
PandaLabs, the laboratory Panda Security has identified a trend far more serious and aggressive sales of fake antivirus called, better known as Rogueware.
When the computer was hit by a Malware to these features, limited only to teach some messages warning of infection, by inviting the user to buy the antivirus.
Now with this new trend of fraud, the computer is completely blocked, rather kidnapped. Once infected the computer, the affected user experience a great disappointment to see when trying to run any application, open a document, image, among others, the computer does not respond, instead see a message informing the user-falsely-that All computer files are infected and that the only solution is to buy the fake antivirus.
This false Antivirus called Total Security 2009, I sold the infected user and that's not all, also offer technical support "Premium" for additional amount. Once payment is made, the user receives a serial number that once inserted into the false application, released as miraculous all executable files leaving work and retrieve information from your computer. However, the application is installed wrong.
In the presence of this type of fraud involves a double risk for the user, this is duped into paying to continue using your computer and on the other hand, come to think that we have a real virus, which the computer is left unprotected.
Unfortunately it is very easy to become infected without knowing, in most cases you can just visit some sites that are hacked and once infected the computer, it is very difficult to remove, even for people with some technical knowledge, notes Luis Corrons, Technical Director of PandaLabs .-. Nor does it use the antivirus that was installed previously, the only thing is to open the browser allows this to make payment of the application, so that PandaLabs in its public blog series numbers necessary to unlock the computer.
PandaLabs public a report on this lucrative business selling fake antivirus programs, said study as well as serial numbers and of how video can be found at PandaLabs.
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