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meepo88

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Fake Avast! site ??
« on: April 04, 2011, 06:46:28 AM »
Hi I was just searching for more information about Avast! Antivirus online and came across this site which looks quite fake, it was actually one of the top 5 results that the search engine displayed ( bing.com) .

Edit: Actually it was the first result - but it was highlighted in light green and had a tag saying its a sponsored site. Looking at the results displayed it didnt seem suspicious but after visiting the site it certaintly did :)

Just wondering if its a fake site and if it is whether anything can be done about it, as it will be very misleading for customers and they will get in trouble..   :-\

The link is,

EDIT: hxxp://avast.virus-softwarez.com/index.php

« Last Edit: April 04, 2011, 07:42:38 AM by meepo88 »
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 07:20:06 AM »
agree...sure looks suspicious

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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2011, 07:32:04 AM »
undoubtedly a scam
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meepo88

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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2011, 07:35:38 AM »
Search for Avast in Bing and it will be the first result you get.  it says that its a sponsored site in small font though but most users wont notice it and will fall for this scam. That will bring a bad name for this Software ( again by some users who are not aware..).

Is there anything that can  be done about this? to report this as a scam site or something? Will be very helpful for most users dont you think? (Users who are not that computer literate..)
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2011, 07:38:24 AM »
Quote from: meepo88 on April 04, 2011, 06:46:28 AM
The link is,

Please make your link unclickable..! (hxxp)
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meepo88

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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2011, 07:43:15 AM »
Quote from: Asyn on April 04, 2011, 07:38:24 AM
Quote from: meepo88 on April 04, 2011, 06:46:28 AM
The link is,

Please make your link unclickable..! (hxxp)


Ok done :) but may I ask why? (just curious  ;D )
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2011, 07:57:25 AM »
Offtopic:
Also look what I found  ;D

http://screwattack.com/videos/WWE-NXT-gets-an-upgrade

the people at WWE also use Avast!  ;D
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2011, 08:10:56 AM »
Quote from: meepo88 on April 04, 2011, 07:43:15 AM
Quote from: Asyn on April 04, 2011, 07:38:24 AM
Quote from: meepo88 on April 04, 2011, 06:46:28 AM
The link is,

Please make your link unclickable..! (hxxp)


Ok done :) but may I ask why? (just curious  ;D )
to avoid clicking by accident......not fun if if the link goes direct to live malware
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meepo88

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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2011, 08:13:35 AM »
Oh ok, did not know that :) thanks for the info!
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2011, 09:30:31 AM »
Well I found this link to be secured by encryption certificate. May be its a dealer's website??
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2011, 09:34:21 AM »
Quote from: Ashish Singh on April 04, 2011, 09:30:31 AM
Well I found this link to be secured by encryption certificate. May be its a dealer's website??

No dealer would run a site with 'warez' in its name. ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2011, 09:35:53 AM »
But its working is suspicious......
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2011, 09:37:19 AM »
And what about that certificate??? Its encrypted with 256 bit encryption key... Which is quite high grade...
« Last Edit: April 04, 2011, 09:39:23 AM by Ashish Singh »
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2011, 09:39:45 AM »
Quote from: Ashish Singh on April 04, 2011, 09:37:19 AM
And what about that certificate???

What does the certificate proof..??!!
You'll get everything for money. ;)
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Re: Fake Avast! site ??
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2011, 09:39:59 AM »
Quote from: Ashish Singh on April 04, 2011, 09:37:19 AM
And what about that certificate???

What with it? HTTPS encryption means the connection is encrypted. Nothing else - and not even with "trusted" root CAs, as the recent Comodo's fiasco shows. No, not even if the certificate shows a well-known company name, at least until you have verified the certificate fingerprint with that company.  :P
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