Rogue antivirus masquerades as a Firefox update.

[Plastic Nev]

F Secure have discovered a fake antivirus that at first glance looks like a Firefox and Adobe Flash player update, more here on the F Secure site-

 

Rogue AV Masquerades as a Firefox/Flash Update - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab

 

Also a bit more on it from PC Mag here-

 

Fake Firefox Update Page Pushes Malware | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

 

F Secure say they have blocked the site responsible.

Nev.

[Starbuck]

Thanks for the warning Plastic Nev.

 

I thought it may be worth adding a shot of the offending page, so members will know what to look for.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/new/ffupdate.png