Download.com site feedback: ***FAKE Download.com site and FAKE CNET Review site***

***FAKE Download.com site and FAKE CNET Review site***

by MarkFlax  - 2/19/09 9:49 AM

Sorry for yet another sticky post, but CNET and other review and download sites are again being targeted by rogue security product developers.

This latest concerns "Anti-virus-1", which comes from the same family as Antivirus2010 and Antivirus360, apparently advertised in review and download sites such as CNET Reviews and CNET's Download.com.

CNET has not reviewed Anti-virus-1, and does not offer it for download.

More on this in Marianna's sticky post in the Spyware viruses and security forum In This Post.

Please always be aware of rogue and fake web sites, and always double check and ask before purchasing and/or downloading any software that looks suspicious. These rogue software often pretend to scan your system, then tell you that you have a large number of infections, but you need to purchase their software to fully remove them.

Example screenshots;

AntiVirus2010 at fake Download.com site.

AntiVirus2010 at the fake CNET Review web site.

If you have any questions, please raise a new discussion in this forum, or ask in the Spyware, viruses and security forum.

Mark