I have avast internet security but i still got infected by the antivirus 7 scam which keeps popping up with a message stating a virus or numerous virus infections have been found and click here to scan but this particular scam has been around for years using various names e.g windows security 2007,2008 and 2009 plus various other names but they all used a similar style. My main issue is why cant avast pick it up as it is getting into your system even if you do a full scan it doesn’t find it but then you run Malwarebytes in safe mode and it finds it and gets rid of it
Shame… Hope they improve detection of this rogue program.
Fake antivirus overwhelming scanners
http://news.techworld.com/security/3203072/fake-antivirus-overwhelming-scanners/
Hi malware fighters,
Google has found more than 11.000 sites being involved in Fake AV spreading.
Google cited several dips in detection during the study period that could be attributed to “polymorphism” of the scammer’s software. “Fortunately, our internal detection algorithm allowed us to weather these storms while providing protection to Google’s users,” the report authors said.In March this fake AV was detected: As Fakeav gang continues to repack their executable to avoid detections, we will deliver a great blow to detect this fakeav downloader sample. The file “packupdate_build6_195.exe” downloaded above is detected as “W32/FraudLoad.C!Generic”: http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/6e7fe6c0ff4c82a066ef4c11a75e9dc5f8831b17bbeaa8cdfc0e069a04a3810f-1268633518Google was careful not to reveal its method of detection “due to the highly adversarial nature of the field. This algorithm is currently used to protect hundreds of millions of web users from fake AV attacks, and disclosing it may jeopardize this effort.”
Removal instructions for Fake AV 7: http://www.techmynd.com/remove-antivirus-7/#more-9724
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