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<p>Gangsters are tricking worried internet users into buying anti-virus protection that is actually malicious software in disguise, security experts have warned.</p>
<p>Investigators fear hacking gangs are pocketing millions of pounds by infiltrating customers&#8217; computers and stealing sensitive banking details.</p>
<p>They said criminals pose as legitimate IT companies who cold call victims offering fake security software that can be downloaded for around £30.</p>
<p>The crooks then combine credit card information from the sale with stolen personal information to defraud the customer or commit further crimes.</p>
<p>Sharon Lemon, who is responsible for fighting cyber crime at the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca), said it is &#8220;big business&#8221;.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;In recent cases, we have seen gangs employing 300 to 400 people to run their operations and using call centre-scale set ups to target victims en masse.</p>
<p>&#8220;They can also be paying out as much as 150,000 US dollars a month (on a pay per download basis) to individual webmasters who are unwittingly advertising their fake software &#8211; this level of investment from criminals indicates that the returns are much heftier than this.&#8221;</p>
<p>The warning came at the start of an internet security awareness week organised by GetSafeOnline.org, which is supported by Government bodies, police and private companies.</p>
<p>Research conducted on behalf of the campaign group found one in four adult web users in Britain have been approached by someone offering to check their computer for viruses.</p>
<p>Thousands of spam emails offering virus check services have also been sent out while almost half (48%) of all web users have seen a pop-up window claiming their computer is infected.</p>
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