E-victims.org: "Security Essentials 2010" is a Fake

[Tony]

We often recommend Microsoft's Security Essentials it is free and effective. However, criminals have now started using Security Essentials reputation to try and con consumers into buying fake anti-virus software.

Like other fake anti-virus software it can be a problem to get removed because it blocks access to other sites and can damage your computer.

Below Microsoft tells you what to look at for:

The fake “Security Essentials 2010” and looks something like this:



For the record, this is how the real Microsoft Security Essentials appears when it has detected a threat (in this case, Win32/Fakeinit): 


 
As we in the MMPC have always been quick to point out, Microsoft Security Essentials can be downloaded and used without charge by users running genuine Windows (from here: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/). So anything mimicking Microsoft Security Essentials but asking for any sort of payment is clearly Up To No Good.



We detect this imposter...

"Security Essentials 2010" is a Fake