During the school holidays I was surprised by the number of people I spoke to who commented that they had received a larger than normal number of phishing emails in their inbox. But it was a conversation I had with an uncle of mine about a “funny” experience he had had while selling a car Read more…
Tags: antivirus, fake ant, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
Welcome to my inaugural blog about online threats! The purpose of this blog is to alert families to some of the dirty tricks that the bad guys use to scam families on the Internet. The first scam I’m going to tell you about is not a new one, but it remains popular. It’s called scareware, Read more…
Tags: antivirus, fake ant, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
“Scareware” offering computer users fake anti-virus and anti-spyware software has more than doubled since the first quarter of 2009, affecting around 69,000 people in the U.S. alone.
Tags: antivirus, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
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