If you’re one of the poor saps that got a fake antivirus installed on your computer, just know that you’re not alone, and it’s probably not the last time that it will happen if you don’t use more secure browsers (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and a more layered security approach (MBAM, Hostsman, OpenDNS, etc.) and a good A/V product, Avast for example.
If you don’t know a lot about computers, you’ll probably visit the websites that I just posted and probably get an instant migrane or something, but it’s simple. If you don’t learn about computer security, don’t care to try to learn, you’re going to get burned. Or, you can take the easy approach and go by a crApple product for way too much money. Eventually, when enough of you dullards buy products from that “fruit” company, the malware writers will just concentrate on writing code for those systems too, so you’ll be in the same boat that you are now. So, take your pick!
It’s job security for me either way, because I take the time to learn how to remove such nonsense. You get played, I get paid. Good enough for me. 😉
http://news.techworld.com/security/3203072/fake-antivirus-overwhelming-scanners/
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