Rogue anti-virus becomes passé
The scourge of rogue anti-virus (AV) software considerably has eased since June, according to Kaspersky Lab.
Researcher Vyacheslav Zakorzhevsky said there currently are about 10,000 daily attempts to compromise machines with fake AV programs, down from roughly 55,000 in June.
Previous studies that correspond with Kaspersky's findings attribute the decline largely to increased FBI enforcement and the disruption of shady overseas payment processors, such as Russia-based ChronoPay. That's not to say the coast is clear. Zakorzhevsky said researchers have just discovered a new rogue AV family, known as "OpenCloud," and an associated affiliate program for its distribution.
