Avoid Housecalls From Rogue lsquo;Malware Doctorrsquo;
The latest fake anti-virus or scareware is more realistic. www.E-Victims.Org latest alert is about Malware Doctor.
McAfee blog says: As do most other rogue security programs,Malware Doctor displays misleading fake alerts to entice users into buying a product to ldquo;repairrdquo; malware problems.
We also noticed some new features in Malware Doctor. Once installed, it performs a system scan:
Users see a message indicating this ldquo;unregisteredrdquo; version of Malware Doctor wonrsquo;t be able to heal or remove infected files and asking the user to activate it at a cost.
Unlike many rogue security programs, which displays excessive fake alerts, this version of Malware Doctor reports only few detections so users will not be very suspicious of it.
Once this Trojandetects a supposedly maliciousfile, it will pop up a message:
This Trojan even makes use of McAfeersquo;s malware naming convention:
This Trojan also...
Malware Doctor - scareware
The latest fake anti-virus or scareware is more realistic. www.E-Victims.Org latest alert is about Malware Doctor.
McAfee blog says: As do most other rogue security programs,Malware Doctor displays misleading fake alerts to entice users into buying a product to ldquo;repairrdquo; malware problems.
We also noticed some new features in Malware Doctor. Once installed, it performs a system scan:
Users see a message indicating this ldquo;unregisteredrdquo; version of Malware Doctor wonrsquo;t be able to heal or remove infected files and asking the user to activate it at a cost.
Unlike many rogue security programs, which displays excessive fake alerts, this version of Malware Doctor reports only few detections so users will not be very suspicious of it.
Once this Trojandetects a supposedly maliciousfile, it will pop up a message:
This Trojan even makes use of McAfeersquo;s malware naming convention:
This Trojan also...
Malware Doctor - scareware