Fake Anti-Virus Cloaks Itself To Appear To Be Microsoft Update

[Supernova]

Fake anti-virus cloaks itself to appear to be Microsoft Update

New fake anti-virus attacks are circulating that pretend to be critical updates from Microsoft Update. Don't fall for the lure, only install updates initiated through update.microsoft.com. Read more…

[Old Croc]

I copped that a couple of days ago. It started downloading itself before I hastily deleted it.

[jybkk]

These are the most common attacks nowadays. Social engineering (trick the user into installing the malware himself so as to bypass system protections).

Macs just got 2 like these. Apple's patch for the first one was circumvented within hours by the makers of the malware.

http://www.macworld.com/article/136211/2008/10/macguard.html

Whether you're on Mac or Windows, always think twice before installing anything, and especially: check the website URL...

[kmj]

Yes had to fix it this morning, bitch...