Fake Antivirus Scams for Android Users are on the rise. Saw over at Threatpost today that Fake antivirus scams are increasing on android devices. Given that more and more people are using their mobile devices for secure online access; email, banking even social forms of communication. Keeping yourself and others educated on current threats may be the best way to avoid them.

Fake antivirus software, or "scareware" scams have been one of the tried and true methods that crooks have used to make illegal profits online in recent years. The scams often offer convincing replicas of legitimate anti malware software to trick users into installing malicious programs that can steal sensitive information or encrypt hard drives and extort money from the owner to decrypt the data."

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 Fake Antivirus Scams Targeting Android Users