iT News: Google reports huge rise in fake antivirus software

Fake AV now accounts for 15 per cent of online malware.

By Iain Thomson
Apr 28, 2010

A report by Google researchers has warned of a huge rise in fake antivirus software that tricks users into paying for a useless software suite.

According to the team fake antivirus software now accounts for 15 percent of all online malware and is responsible for 50 percent of all malware delivered by advertising, a fivefold increase in a single year.

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