The scam would often start with fake Microsoft Windows pop-ups warning that viruses ... serious computer problems – ...

One example is the McAfee virus pop-up scam ... which they hope will lead you to drop your guard and click on the fake alert.

The app also requests various permissions and shows a fake virus detection alert to the user, eventually leading to more advertisements. Interestingly, the app detects almost every application as ...

A widespread phishing campaign has targeted nearly 12,000 GitHub repositories with fake "Security Alert" issues, tricking developers into authorizing a malicious OAuth app that grants attackers full ...

The “updates” or “alerts” in the pop-up windows call for ... Rogue security software might report a virus, even though your computer is actually clean. The software might also fail to ...

Most Rogue programs also use highly aggressive sales tactics which include adware, Trojans that display fake security alerts, or claims that they have won awards from major publications and companies.

The fake website offers an anti-virus tool against the spyware but it instead installs malware on the user’s device. This malware called ‘Sarwent’ isn’t very popular but it can be ...