The MSRT update killed 1 million malware

Microsoft's regular "Tuesday" patch in November slashed the fake anti-virus software, after updating the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT).

From November 11-19, MSRT "purified" 994,000 computers from malware called W32 / FakeSecSen, phishing into anti-virus programs with names such as Advanced Antivirus, Spyware Preventer, Ultimate Antivirus 2008 and XPert Antivirus.

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Cybercriminals have launched fake malware across websites to trick users into downloading and installing, earning a huge annual profit, estimated at over £ 3.3 million.

When the user has installed the fake programs will lead them to download additional components to "antispyware, malware in the machine" but actually download malware, trojans to attack the victim computer, Serving for bad purposes such as turning it into a "ghost computer" in the botnet or forcing the victim to pay the program usage fee of 40-50 USD. If the victim refuses, the computer will experience frequent problems or loss of important data.

This time Microsoft has been quite careful when looking at fake anti-virus programs and aggressively dealing with them even when anti-virus or anti-malware programs on the computer have removed FakeSecSen operating files. . According to Microsoft, FakeSecSen has 1 control panel, 2 * .dat files and several other components of this "anti-virus program".

Users have not updated the latest Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and can download the MSRT release version 11-11.