Fake Microsoft Antivirus Could Infect Your Computer
Microsoft released an important bulletin last week about a known Trojan that appeared in the web: Win32/Fakeinit that simulates to be a newer version of Microsoft Security Essentials.
The images provided, as well as the information about the virus, are pretty remarkable. The interface has some similarities with Microsoft’s antivirus, appearing with the name “Security Essentials 2010”. But I think the most interesting about it is that this malware has a lot of work done within the design that will confuse most of the unfortunate users.
The results of being infected with this virus are could be disastrous: You cannot kill any process, modify the registry or even run “msconfig”, changing also your desktop background saying that your computer is infected; another component will start monitoring your internet traffic blocking some websites.
And even more, the virus will request to “buy the full version” to “solve” your problems, and of course the “virus scan” that simulates finds a ton of threats in your computer.
The good thing is that Microsoft Security Essentials database does protect you from this clever virus.
