MSE Users: Check for Updates, Piracy
Summary: A pending upgrade to Microsoft Security Essentials, moving the program from version 1.0.1959 to version 1.0.1961, left a Krebs on Security system marked "potentially unprotected" by Microsoft for an unknown period. The update also carried an anti-piracy check, and around the time it shipped, scammers began marketing a rogue application that mimicked MSE.
Key Takeaway: Users who let the update sit unapplied run an antivirus tool Microsoft itself labels "potentially unprotected," and the confusion around the release gave rogue antivirus peddlers an opening to pass off fake MSE software.
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