Jesper Johansson writes about Antivirus XP 2008 with some really good screenshots in a article in TheReg.
You don’t need a zero day when users have admin rights and can be tricked into installing the malware.
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Jesper writes up Antivirus XP 2008
That is why a previous boss always insisted that “people get hacked, not machines”.
Yeah, my son got the Antivirus XP infected on to my computer. I had Cyberdefender installed, but it was an old free version that I had not run in a while, so it had problems with it, but I was finally able to update it and run it.
I guess the lesson is to keep your anti-virus up to date and on. Also, teach your kids about this tricky stuff.