A clone of the rogue anti-spyware program AntiVirus XP 2008 has been released using the very original name of AntiSpyware XP 2008. This rogue uses false advertising on web sites so that the sites appear to be a malware scanner running on your computer and detecting malware. It then states that in order to remove the malware you need to download and install AntiSpyware XP 2008. If you decide to download and install the program, it will bet set to automatically run each time your computer starts, and when started, will automatically scan your computer for malware. When this scan is complete, the program will tell you that it has detected a variety of malware on your computer that cannot be removed unless you first purchase the software. The truth, though, is that none of these found risks actually exist and they are only stating they are there in order to scare you into purchasing the software. [...]

About Antispyware 2008 XP Antispyware 2008 XP (Antispyware2008XP ) is a new and extremely dangerous rogue anti-spyware with aggressive behaviour. It may be installed through system security holes or manually from http://antispyware2008scanner.com and other misleading web-sites. Antispyware 2008 XP will display fake security warnings [...]

Internet Antivirus is a new rogue anti-virus program that uses false information and aggressive tactics in order to scare people into purchasing it. Most people see ads for Internet Antivirus as they browse the web. Certain sites will display a pop-up ad stating that your computer has infections, even though the web site has no way of knowing that, and then pretends to be a program scanning your computer for malware. Once this ad has finished with its act you will see another popup stating that a variety of infections were found and that you should download and install Internet Antivirus. [...]

If you use e-mail, then you know that SPAM has become an epidemic in recent years. The problem with SPAM these days is that the creators make the e-mails look so legitimate that often a user receiving the e-mail won't know it is actually SPAM until it is too late. This is shown with a new SPAM being sent with the subject of CNN.com Daily Top 10. The CNN.com Daily Top 10 SPAM pretends to be a legitimate e-mail from CNN where they link to the Daily Top 10 stories. In reality, though, none of the components of this SPAM/Malware infection are related to CNN at all. Instead, when you click on any of these links, you will be taken to a site and be presented with a screen stating that your Flash player is the incorrect version and that your browser cannot display the site without you downloading the newer version first. It will then prompt you to download the get_flash_update.exe file, which is actually a Trojan. [...]