This fake software shows up as a hotfix.exe or as an mstsc.exe file. Additionally, after report it cannot clean the claimed malware infection, it offers to install additional antimalware rogues (with names such as AntiSpySafeguard, Major Defense Kit, Peak Protection, Pest Detector and Red Cross). Lastly, this fake program will try to scare you into purchasing a product.
This software is a fake. Do not be fooled by this scam. Microsoft Security Essentials can be downloaded and used at no cost from http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/.
- [Source: WindowsTeamBlog]
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| The fake alert screen. |
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| Product purchase page. |
Just a few comments on Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE).
MSE is by far the best anti-virus that I know so far.
- It uses significantly less CPU resource. My last anti-virus was AVG. My laptop fan will run at full speed after 5 minutes. But with MSE, I never had this problem.
- Its one of the few safest antivirus (that does not affected by kernel hook attack).
- Passed Virus Bulletin test - August 09 and October 09, while AntiVir, Symantec, Kingsoft... and others failed.
So, if you have genuine Windows, and haven't installed MSE. I would encourage you to install :)
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