Fake Antivirus is 15% Of All Malware

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Fake Antivirus is 15% Of All Malware

After a thirteen month study that included almost 240 million websites, Google says that fake antivirus offerings are behind fifteen percent of all malware. This is why we always tell you to spread the word to friends and family about this stuff, because a lot of people are duped by this crap.


A rise in fake antivirus offerings on Web sites around the globe shows that scammers are increasingly turning to social engineering to get malware on computers rather than exploiting holes in software, a Google study to be released on Tuesday indicates.
 
That is no surprise to me considering the number of calls i used to get on this with my last job.
 
Seriously, I thought it would be more than that. It seems a good 75-90% of the machines I get in here for system cleans are because of fake av programs.
 
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