*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 ...

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.

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 ...

‘Scareware’ - fake antivirus programs which attempt to fool the user into downloading malware, by warning him or her of a “threat” on their PC - is back, with a new, even more annoying trick. V3 ...

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 ...

SAN JOSE (CN) - Security software giant Symantec uses "scareware" to trick customers into buying its anti-virus programs, a class action claims in Federal Court. Lead plaintiff James Gross claims: ...

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 largest ...

Even though tricking users into downloading rogue security software, or scareware, is one of the oldest tricks up cybercriminals' sleeves, it continues to be one of the biggest threats in cyberspace, ...

If you use Firefox or Chrome, then you have undoubtedly seen the red and white “malicious site” warnings that are built into those browsers to block infected sites. Yes, cyberthugs are at it again and ...

In an upcoming research entitled ""="">, Google's Security Team is about to release the results from their 13 month study into the growth of fake security software, also known as scareware or Fake AV.