Fake Infection Warnings Can Be Real Trouble
MICHAEL VANA WAS skeptical when he saw the pop-up from “Antivirus 2009” on his screen. The former Northwest Airlines avionics technician, who lives in Schaumburg, Illinois, guessed that the dire warning of a system infection was fake, but when he clicked the X to close the window, it expanded to fill his screen. To get rid of it, he had to shut down his PC.
As crooks aggressively push fake antivirus software, you need to know
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