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Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Program Causing Trouble

Real Microsoft security applications have caused problems in the past, but this time, almost refreshingly, it's a fake version of Security Essentials that is going around as scareware.

Posted by Lee Pender on October 25, 2010 at 11:56 AM


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