Microsoft warns of fake 'Security Essentials 2010' anti-virus

Microsoft is warning users about a fake anti virus product named "Security Essentials 2010", near identical to the naming of the company's own protection software. The fake software is actually the trojan Win32/Fakeinit. If a user installs the software then Fakeinit's downloader installs a fake scanner component that monitors other processes and attempts to terminate them. In some cases, processes will be flagged as if they are infected.

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