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Security News
Fake anti-virus solutions imitate Avira
Fri, 12 February 2010
Cybercriminals are imitating the look of Avira products to help them spread their fraudulent and useless pseudo security solutions
Tettnang, 12 February 2010 – Even cybergangsters are aware of the good reputation and widespread use of Avira Security Solutions. Fake anti-virus solutions have now turned up that imitate the look of Avira in an attempt to take advantage of unsuspecting users. The falsified versions are called "Security Antivirus Suite" or "Antivirus Security Suite" and are offered using the promotional slogan “20 Years of Total Protection” on websites that also ape the look and feel of the Avira website. Avira asks all users only to download Avira AntiVir Personal-Free Antivirus from the official website www.free-av.com.
Known as FakeAV, RogueAV or scareware, these useless programs are designed to fool users into believing their computer has been infected with malware, even though such malware does not exist. On the contrary, the providers of this fraudulent software load harmless files onto the user’s PC during installation, which often takes place unnoticed in the background while users are surfing the Net, due to vulnerabilities in outdated programs on the PC; these harmless files are then reported as detected viruses.
http://www.avira.com/en/security_news/fa…tate_avira.html

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as the WebGuard not blocks the page

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I'm the user who informed Avira about this rogue.

Quoted from "Alexandru Frigioiu"

I asked internally for this page to be blocked by WebGuard.

Quoted from "Alexandru Frigioiu"

Hi,
@Avon: It will be blocked during this day.

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