Fake anti virus that are normally seen and observed being distributed by adverts infects PCs with malicious code and are growing threat to computers as observed by Google. According to Google’s analysis of entire 240m web pages during the survey of 13 months has showed off that fake anti-virus programs consists of total 15% of malicious software.

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In this fake virus process according to Google scammers trick people into downloading programs by convincing them that their PC is infected with a virus. Once installed, the software may steal data or force people to make a payment to register the fake product. Surprisingly, many users fall victim to these attacks and pay to register the fake the study disclosed. “To add insult to injury, Fake anti-viruses often are bundled with other malware, which remains on a victim’s computer regardless of whether a payment is made.” ‘Be suspicious’ The study, which was presented at the Usenix Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats in California, analysed websites between January 2009 and February 2010.

It was also discovered during that nearly 11,000 web domains are part of distributing fake anti virus. And more of the fake software is distributed through adverts as Google research revealed. Graham Cluley of security firm Sophos, who is a different individual and is not related to this research told that hackers use fake anti- virus methods also known as black hat search engine optimization techniques.

In order to protect its website Google uses filter out booby-trapped websites, but hackers too get a save passage by merely between domains fast. Mr Cluley told that people should be familiar with their own anti-virus software and should “always be suspicious” if they were confronted with a pop-up telling them you need to download something extra to clean up your computer.