In its latest update, Microsoft has added code that detects and deletes the widespread Internet Antivirus Pro family of fake security programs. These programs, often referred to as scareware, are becoming more and more popular with high tech criminals. It is estimated that there were more than 9,000 bogus anti-malware programs in circulation in December 2008.
Recently the US government has moved to shut down some of the companies that have been peddling programs that falsely claim to find malcious software on PCs and then charge for the non-existant threats to be removed. As well as claiming to remove non-existant threats, the Internet Antivirus Pro software contains a password stealer that grabs login details.
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