If you are browsing then suddenly some popup message appear and tell us to install certain antivirus or message that our computer has been infected by virus, trojan, spyware and some like that, then we have to pay attention for it.
Why fake antivirus? It causes if we look the interface and process, will be sure this is a real antivirus or Antispayware, malware and other, it almost perfectly like antivirus.In Virus-Antivirus world (security), this is program include in Rogue Security Program category, software claim can scanning malware (virus, trojan, worm, spyware and friend) or any else problem on our computer, but basically it try to fool or force user to buy those program by disturb, show message about our computer condition, showing untrusted scan result etc. Sometimes this application is installed to our computer and we don't know about it.
This is some:
Windows Antivirus
example program like Windows Antivirus 2008 for info http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?threatid=288214
Micro Antivirus 2008
Like MS Antivirus for info http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?threatid=390074
Antivirus Security
Like XP Antivirus for info http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?threatid=204214
XP Protector 2009
this program is clone of Antivirus XP 2008
Total Secure 2009
AntiSpyware Pro XP
this is clone program of AntiSpyware 2008 XP
Antivirus Lab 2009
like Antispycheck. See viruslabs2009.com
AntiVirProtect
Website antiprotect.com
If our computer has some of those program or unknown antivirus, then it better to uninstall it. Any information about software like that can be found here:http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/ or http://ebsoft.web.id/
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