The latest
Malicious Software Removal Tool, released Tuesday by Microsoft
as part of its monthly security update, includes detection and elimination of the Internet Antivirus Pro family of
rogue security programs. Like other
scareware, Antivirus Pro tries to trick users into believing their computers are infested with malware, according to a
post on the Microsoft Malware Protection Center blog. When users run the purported cleanup feature, the program instead infects their machines with a trojan that steals FTP usernames and passwords. — DK