Confronted with a message like this, most computer users feel compelled to take urgent action. Fortunately, instructions for what to do are right in front of them: click on a box to scan the computer.

Throughout the last two years, scareware (fake security software), quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive ...

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*Okay, they are an "international cyber crime ring" and the scareware racket is disgusting, but look at the amazing amount of national manpower arrayed to bust two conniving globalized youngsters who ...

Covering the worlds of data security, privacy and hacker culture. Security firms often warn users about "scareware": malicious software that performs fake antivirus scans and then demands the user pay ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed "scareware blocker," which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. "Scareware" has blighted the web ...

— -- Scareware has become the scourge of the Internet. Those deceptive promotions crafted to panic you into spending $30 to $80 for worthless antivirus protection can hit you just about anywhere ...

Computer experts are warning users about those pop-up ads that say a device is infected with a virus. It looks authentic, but it’s not. The fake virus alerts are called “scareware”, because they look ...

You may have heard of malware, a malicious software that may damage your computer system, but have you heard of scareware? The scareware may not damage your computer, but it could scare users into ...

Just how much money did scareware scammers steal from Internet users so far? According to an intelligence note posted by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI is aware of an estimated ...

C'mon, admit it. You were surfing the Internet at the office when you were supposed to be working; or you were at home killing time by visiting some so-called "adult" sites. Suddenly, something popped ...