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A-Fast Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses misleading methods to scare users into thinking that their computers are infected with malware. It uses javascript and css within your web browser, including MSIE and Firefox, to mimic another well known antivirus program. It has been dubbed "scareware" by some writers. A-Fast Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware or [[Rogue Antivirus]] program that uses misleading methods to scare users into thinking that their computers are infected with malware. It uses javascript and css within your web browser, including MSIE and Firefox, to mimic another well known antivirus program. It has been dubbed "scareware" by some writers. ''Update: Another Rogue Antivirus program has emerged in 2011 that, like A-Fast, looks like a anti virus interface, however, is much more convincing and some variants have the ability to automatically install in MSIE and Firefox! [[Internet Security 2012 Virus]] is more aggressive than A-Fast.''* [http://reco-chat.com.ar/chatflash/pratika-rj-images&page=4 A-Fast Live Example] (Actual Virus Site - DO NOT CLICK)* [http://utgvkxlo.co.cc/fast-scan/ A-Fast Live Example] (Actual Virus Site - DO NOT CLICK) Virus Link Syntax: <nowiki> http://utgvkxlo.co.cc/fast-scan/</nowiki> Ironically, doing a Google Image Search produces an image from a web site at <nowiki>http://reco-chat.com.ar/</nowiki> which is a hotlink to the virus. It is not fully understood why the google image link redirects to the .cc domain, while going directly to the URL Google reports the image at does not. Indications suggest an exploit in Google Images, which continues to be ignored by Google even a year after we first detected it.