Fake antivirus on the rise

More computer users are being fooled into buying fake anti-virus protection, according to the software producer Microsoft.

These claims are supported by computer security experts, who say that the problem is that users believe they are buying proper software.

However, what turns out to be fake is increasing more than ever, as users are being told to protect their machines.

The problem comes from infected security software pop-ups that have been hijacked by hackers.

When the user clicks on the pop-up they are taken to a website where they are asked for their credit card details etc.

The danger is twofold; firstly there is the problem of phishing and secondly the downloading of infected malware that can record all of the actions on the users’ computer.

There is also the added problem of the user not being protected either, which means although they think that they are safe to go online, their computer could be at risk from attack.

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