Faking a fake

We're all familiar with Rogue Antivirus products - but it seems script kiddies on numerous sites out there are starting to crank out their own phony security programs, many of which are confusingly based on the designs of - if you'll pardon the expression - "genuine" fake AV programs.Shall we take a look at their handiwork?Note the shields, the yellow warning triangles, the fake scan results - these guys have clearly seen a lot of fake AV out in the wild! Unfortunately for the creator, it's a little too OTT and might give the end-user pause for thought if they had to physically click something before becoming infected.This next one (designed to be entirely harmless, instead asking the user to voluntarily download a malicious file from a URL) almost gets away with being convincing, but ruins it all by including what appears to be a poorly ripped Rapidshare download button:Running with the idea that a huge green shield with a tick on it is always a good thing to throw into your design, "Eternity Virus Killer" takes the approach that you're going to be infected the moment you run the file, so adding in lots of fake warnings, flashing lights and useless (continue reading...)