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AV Protection 2011 - New Fake AV product circulating

Please be careful of any unsual AV warnings or product offers as new FakeAV attacks continue to circulate:
 
AV Protection 2011 - New Fake AV product circulating
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/patrick-our-resident-rogue-av-expert.html
http://malwareprotectioncenter.com/2011/11/18/av-protection-2011-rogue-of-the-fakescanti-family/

QUOTE: AV Protection 2011 is a rogue of the FakeScanti Family, that uses deceptive tactics, fake spam email alerts, and results of fake scans showing the computer being infected, and also the blocking of all applications when trying to run them to scare the user into buying the rogue to clean the fake infections shown.