UK PC users hit by huge fake antivirus attack

[jamescv7]

UK Internet users were on the receiving end of a large drive-by web attack at the end of February, which attempted to push fake antivirus at least 750,000 times on a single day alone, security company AVG has said.

According to a company analysis, on Sunday 27 February, detection levels for the previously obscure Russian ‘Blackhole’ exploit kit suddenly spiked to 900,000 globally from a few tens of thousands that would be typical for such kits, before dropping back again.

http://news.techworld.com/security/3265970/uk-pc-users-hit-by-huge-fake-antivirus-attack/