Corrine Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 As reported by Microsoft MVP, S!Ri, there have been several fake, fake anti-spyware programs promoted through YouTube. So far, these fake rogues do not have a registration code behind the "Activate" button. Instead, the activation button points to the same message: Registration failed!It appears that the fakes are being made by script kiddies with a virus creation kit that includes rogue templates. These include User Antivirus 2010 and New Antivirus 2010.The fakes have been added to detection by Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I wonder if that's how my clueless user got infected? I can see him on YouTube clicking everything and anything.Fortunately his registration failed but he did type in all his info and his credit card number! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Some additional information at Bleeping Computer: Script kiddies making rogues for fame and not profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryM Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 In my very limited experience, having cleaned a friends system with MBAM from Antivir rogue, The AV may not catch such, and for that reason I run MBAM and maybe SAS alongside my AV regardless of which one I am using at the time. FWIW my friend was using up to date Norton.Thanks for the heads up, and I am pleased to see that MBAM has added those to its base.Regards,Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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