ZDNet reports that malware writers have come up with a new social engineering angle by mashing up 
Green and Security. CA has been tracking the emergence of a new scareware called Green-AV Premier Edition 3.0. The malware claims to be the “World’s First Antivirus Which Cares About the Environment” and “costs” $99.99, This attacks plays on Green sympathies by promising to donate $2 from every purchase for saving the “Amazonian green forests.”
CA GreenAV Website
CA says that the effects of an attack from this malware are similar to those caused by most rogue security software.
Recommendations:
- Keep your security software up to date
- Never click on a link you did not ask for
- Never purchase this type of security software since you could be giving your credit card information to fraudsters and making yourself a target of identity theft
