We've discussed the pernicious rogue malware program Antivirus XP (or Antivirus XP 2009 or Antivirus2010...) before, including methods for removing the darn thing from an infected computer. Well, it seems that the malware continues to plague users in a new, annoying manner.

Antivirus2010 is now adding entries to users' HOSTS file, so that if they try to navigate to CNET, Download.com, PC Magazine, or other technology sites, they'll actually be redirected to fake versions of those sites. You can see a screenshot of the fake Download.com page for Antivirus2010 at Bleeping Computer.

Learn more about this latest scam by the purveyors or Antivirus XP and how you can protect your machine against it with a full report from Seth Rosenblatt. Also this week, Seth takes a First Look at Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, one of the security programs known to detect and remove Antivirus XP and its variants.