Yes, that's right. My computer got infected the other day by a very well created yet irritating virus. It's called Security Masters AV.
Security Master AV is a program that impersonates an anti-malware program, but is in fact a computer infection that uses deceptive tactics to make you think you are infected. This program is considered a rogue anti-spyware program and is part of the Virus Doctor family. Security Master AV is typically installed through Trojans that pretend to be legitimate programs, but instead install this rogue onto your computer without your permission. The installer will also create numerous harmless files that will be detected as malware when Security Master AV scans your computer. When installed, the rogue will be configured to start automatically when you login to Windows. Once started, it will scan your computer and state that the files it created during installation are malware files residing on your machine. In reality, these files are harmless and pose no harm to your computer. They are only being shown to you in order to scare you into thinking that you are infected in the hopes that you will then purchase the program.
Son of a B####, am I right?!


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