Beware of fake "Security Essentials 2010"!

Microsoft has warned its users of a fake antivirus software called Security Essentials 2010. As the original blog post by Microsoft's David Wood goes, Well, it had to happen eventually. One of the oldest tricks used by rogue antivirus products is to use a similar name as, or have a similar look and feel to, legitimate security software. It’s been commonplace for them to mimic the Windows Security Center. So it was inevitable that the day would ...