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1Aug/090

Safe PC Online Scan: Bogus Alert

Today I ran into a new fake antivirus scanner, "Safe PC Online Scan". It's just like the other fake online alerts but now with 50% more trickery and deception. On visiting, I'm redirected to an alert dialog. Following screenshots 1 through 4, (click them to see the full-sized images), watch how it works.

Unlike other fake online AV scanners, this one managed to resize Firefox 3.5 to full-screen, creating the impression that Windows Explorer just opened. It creates a very convincing illusion of an AV scanner running, and if that doesn't convince the victim, it follows up with a fake Windows security alert. Clicking just about anything causes a download to initiate. Even attempts to close dialog boxes initiate downloads, bypassing normal Firefox security mechanisms.

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