PCWorld: Beware Scareware – Promising Security, Delivering The Opposite
According to McAfee, scareware is a multi-million-dollar business and more and more users are falling prey to purveyors of fake antivirus software that can actually steal information from buyers’ computers.
“Fake antivirus programs that encourage Web users to part with their hard-earned cash and download hoax security software is likely to be the most costly scam of 2010, says McAfee.
According to the security firm, cybercriminals make upwards of $300 million from conning web users worldwide into downloading scareware.”
