Scammers leave AI fingerprints all over fake antivirus renewal page
Malwarebytes found an AI-built fake Avast renewal page in Belgium whose contractor-style code comments show scammers now generate polished pages with AI.
Malwarebytes analyzed a fake Avast Premium Security renewal page targeting Belgian users, claiming a €129.99 subscription renewal and asking for name, email, and Belgian mobile number. Harvested numbers feed callback scams where fake support agents persuade victims to install remote access software. French comments in the code, written like an AI assistant's unfinished handover, plus leftover styling and feature-free marketing copy suggest the page was generated with AI, meaning convincing localized scam pages can now be produced in minutes.
- Fake Avast page claims a €129.99 renewal and collects contact details via a cancellation form
- Collected phone numbers enable vishing calls that push remote access software installs
- French code comments read like an AI assistant's unfinished contractor handover notes
- AI generation lowers the skill bar for producing polished, localized phishing pages
- Vendors
- MalwarebytesAvast
- Products
- Avast Premium Security
- Organizations
- MalwarebytesAvast
- Countries
- Belgium
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AI appears to be helping scammers with little web development skill build convincing fake antivirus-renewal pages, Malwarebytes found. The researchers came across a scam page impersonating Avast, aimed at users in Belgium, that was more polished than most sites of its kind. The page told visitors their Avast Premium Security subscription had renewed for €129.
By Sinisa Markovic · helpnetsecurity.com
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