McAfee Puts Together "Dirty Dozen" List of Disguised Malware Programs

April 27, 2011 · by John Ponio

McAfee, who was recently bought by Intel, has put together a “Dirty Dozen” list of malware programs disguised as anti virus programs. As a side note, “AVG AntiVirus” is on the list. That may confuse a lot of people, but my guess is that it’s one of those similar-but-not-exactly-the-same-name deals. If you use AVG and think you might have the infection, uninstall it and reinstall the program you download from their official website. Here’s the list:

AntiVirus Scan
Anti Vira AV
System Tool
Smart Internet Protection 2011
Fast Disk
Good Memory
Disk Optimizer
AVG AntiVirus
Palladium Pro
Windows System Optimizer
Windows Security & Control
Windows Utility Tool

If any of those are installed on your computer, get help immediately. Free options include AVG Free and AVAST!.