Warning fake antivirus software appears in series

A series of fake antivirus software - Fake AV- was born in a short time since 2009 causing confusion for users worldwide.

By emailing or taking advantage of search engines, hackers lead users to access the fake online virus scanning website, which has the same interface as the Windows window.

The user will then receive a series of notifications that the computer is infected with the virus and ' recommended ' to click on a button to kill the virus. If this fake ' recommendation ' is followed, the user has downloaded a fake antivirus software to the computer.

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A fake antivirus software. (Photo: Bkis)

These fake antivirus software, after being installed on the computer, will continuously report the virus infection status on the computer causing confusion to users. Many people have to spend money to buy these software in the hope that they can handle the problem, but in fact, they have to buy the virus themselves. And that is the main purpose of hackers in attacks using fake antivirus software.

Virus monitoring system of Bkis network security center noted that in the past year, there were 744 antivirus software rogue programs with tens of thousands of variants such as W32.FakeAntivirERZ.Adware, W32.FakeSecuritySUI.Adware, W32. FakeAvVbs.Worm or W32.FakeAVScanAD.Adware . At least 258,000 computers in Vietnam have been tricked into installing these software.

As a precaution, users need to be very alert when accessing the web, should not download any software of unknown origin.