February 26, 2010, 5:34PM
MS Warns of Rogue Antivirus 'Security Essentials'
Comment Microsoft has warned Windows users to be on their guard against a piece of rogue antivirus software passing itself off as Microsoft Security Essentials. Security Essentials 2010 is a piece of software Microsoft said installs a fake virus scanner on your machine and]monitors and blocks processes it doesn't like. Read the full article . [The Register]
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