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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 ...
Scareware purveyors employ aggressive techniques and badger users with pop-up messages into purchasing their products. These fake alerts are often difficult to close and quickly reappear.
— -- 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 ...
"Scareware" consists of pop-up advertisements that appear warning users of supposed security threats. These fake anti-virus programs take advantage of gullible users. Here's how to keep your ...
A Google-translated version of an SBU press release suggests that the crime gang used Conficker to deploy the scareware, and then used the scareware to launch a virus that stole victims ...
If your Windows PC has been hijacked by fake anti-virus software or “scareware” anytime in the past few years, chances are good that the attack was made possible by ChronoPay, Russia’s ...
The SANS Institute has discovered a scareware campaign targeting Mac OS X machines using an installer signed with a legitimate Apple developer certificate.
According to an intelligence note posted by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI is aware of an estimated scareware loss to victims in excess of $150 million.
The Registry Mechanic trial software a user claims showed him fake errors to convince him to pay for a full $29.99 version. Security firms often warn users about "scareware": malicious software ...
You’ve heard of viruses, spyware, adware, and malware but there is a new term for the junk that mess up our computers. Scareware is a garbage program that “scares” you into making… ...
Scareware has been a prominent part of the Internet since 2004, when a cybergang based in St. Petersburg, Russia, launched the iframecash.biz website and began offering commissions to anyone who ...