Rogue security software

Rogue security software

Software that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but which provides limited or no security capabilities, generates a significant number of erroneous or misleading alerts, or which may attempt to socially engineer the user into participating in a fraudulent transaction. If you would like to confirm if a programme is a rogue, you can submit a sample to the MMPC for analysis.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Malware
Company: Microsoft
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