Personal Anti-virus (PAV) is becoming one of the newer types of malware that is not being caught by most programs. The trickiest part of this “scareware” is that it starts as a pop-up window that coerces the user to click and accept the installation, which itself looks like a virus scan. The reason many anti-virus programs don’t catch PAV is because it does not act like a typical virus behavior and your anti-virus programs assume that most installations are allowed by the user.
This article claims one of the only defenses you really have is your common sense, which is exactly why we are blogging on this topic. Beware!
WingSwept‘s technicians recommend this reading to help you further understand PAV.
