Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool’s latest update will remove the rogue antivirus software, Internet Antivirus Pro. The fake antivirus program, which goes under many different names, is in no way an antivirus program and is much closer to extortionware. This type of software, which does nothing to remove viruses from your computer, has become much more common in the past months and has been a major headache to legitimate antivirus software vendors.

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Also known as Antivirus XP, Win Antivirus, General Antivirus and  Personal Antivirus, these programs try to trick users into installing them by issuing fake virus alerts and  scans.  Once installed, they force you to pay for the use and are still unable to be removed.  This type of product has been widely reported since the middle of 2008 and has become widespread through the early part of 2009

This months updates from Microsoft are very large, fixing 31 vulnerabilities in the Microsoft operating system and browser.