Wednesday 1 October 2008

What is Scareware?



Scareware is software which tricks computer uses into believing there are problems with the computer. The scareware offers a service or a piece of software that will fix this. Usually this results in viruses on your computer, or coning you out of your money. Scareware is used to create "shock,anxiety, or threats, generally directed at an unsuspecting user."

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