scareware

Steer clear of iYogi's scareware tactics

Posted March 20, 2012 - 6:30 pm

Is your PC infected with a virus? Don't ask iYogi. The India-based support firm could end up charging you big bucks to fix problems you don't actually have.
- Quick Read
- 2 comments
- Like
- Tweet
Security news about something other than LulzSec: FBI nails bank-account hackers

Posted June 23, 2011 - 11:01 am

It took cooperation from cops in U.S., Ukraine, Latvia and eight other countries to investigate and nail one 16-geek bank-robbing hacker gang. Good result; process does not scale.
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet
FBI hits Latvian scareware peddlers who infected 1 million

Posted June 22, 2011 - 6:55 pm

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken aim at two Latvian gangs that allegedly made tens of millions of dollars by sneaking fake virus warnings onto victims' computers and then charging them to clean up the mess.
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet
Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster

Posted May 16, 2011 - 1:07 pm

Scammers are trying to trick Windows users into paying to fix bogus hard drive errors that have apparently erased important files, a researcher said today.
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet
Giant April Fool's day Web attack has little effect?

Posted April 4, 2011 - 1:13 pm

A SQL injection attack that infected millions of Web pages could have been prevented relatively cheaply and easily; why are so many Web sites unprotected?
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet
Symantec calls 'SpywareGuard' and 'AntiVirus' top scareware threats

Posted February 10, 2010 - 1:43 pm

Fake security software "SpywareGuard" and "AntiVirus" are said to be the top two scareware programs out of about 250 fake security programs detected, according to a Symantec report.
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet
Scareware gets Scarier

Posted December 14, 2009 - 4:56 pm

More compromised Web sites are trying to trick you into running their ever more realistic-looking anti-virus 'programs.'
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet
Millions of computer users rely on fake security software

Posted December 2, 2009 - 11:21 pm

According to Symantec's Report on Rogue Security Software, 43 million users downloaded one of 250 so-called "scareware" programs from June 2008 through June 2009.
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet
Symantec: Rogue Security Software is Big Business for Crooks

Posted October 19, 2009 - 4:24 pm

The bogus ads are everywhere. A pop-up tells you: "Your computer may be infected" and urges you to download security software that will scan your computer for viruses, protect it from future infection or both. The problem is most of these products are scams that give you software which is useless. In some cases, the software is even dangerous because it downloads malicious code onto your computer.
- Quick Read
- Like
- Tweet

May is...
Storage Month

BY THE NUMBERS: Spotlight on storage
FEATURE: Can storage be sexy?
FREE DOWNLOAD: 4 things every storage admin should know
REVIEW: NAS shoot-out: 5 storage servers battle for business
BLOG: Ceph extends storage with open scalability

Free downloads.
Become an today.

See more

content

Ask a Question