Hi I was just searching for more information about Avast! Antivirus online and came across this site which looks quite fake, it was actually one of the top 5 results that the search engine displayed ( bing.com) .
Edit: Actually it was the first result - but it was highlighted in light green and had a tag saying its a sponsored site. Looking at the results displayed it didnt seem suspicious but after visiting the site it certaintly did
Just wondering if its a fake site and if it is whether anything can be done about it, as it will be very misleading for customers and they will get in trouble… :-\
Search for Avast in Bing and it will be the first result you get. it says that its a sponsored site in small font though but most users wont notice it and will fall for this scam. That will bring a bad name for this Software ( again by some users who are not aware…).
Is there anything that can be done about this? to report this as a scam site or something? Will be very helpful for most users dont you think? (Users who are not that computer literate…)
What with it? HTTPS encryption means the connection is encrypted. Nothing else - and not even with “trusted” root CAs, as the recent Comodo’s fiasco shows. No, not even if the certificate shows a well-known company name, at least until you have verified the certificate fingerprint with that company.