The latest trend in social engineering actually installs Trojans on a PC instead of eliminating them, McAfee security researchers found.. First there was Fake Steve Jobs. Now there’s a fake Microsoft AntiSpyware Center. In a post on McAfee’s Avert Labs blog, security researcher Rahul Mohandas details the latest trend in social engineering and cynical branding: In order to dupe computer users into installing adware and spyware, malware creators simply call their product AntiSpyware.

"This Fake Microsoft AntiSpyware Center page purports to be an ‘Online Security Scanner’ which scans the system for viruses and spywares," said Mohandas. "After the dupery scanning, the user will be presented with a dubious and falsified list of Trojans after which the user will be prompted to download and install an ActiveX Control to remove the threats." Fake Microsoft AntiSpyware site aims for credit card numbers - Security - www.itnews.com.au

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