McAfee Consumer Threat Alert: Fake Anti-Virus Software Scams On The Rise
Cybercriminals claim a million victims a day with an online scam that McAfee Labs predicts will cost consumers the most money in 2010: scareware. Scareware appears as legitimate looking pop-up alerts warning users their computer is infected and prompting them to install malware disguised as security software. Stevie Wilson, a scareware victim who lives in Los Angeles, shares her story in this video. Go to www.mcafee.com/consumer-threats-blog to read the Consumer Threat Alert about scareware scams. Consumers can sign up for free to get warnings on the latest online threats at www.mcafee.com/consumer-threats-signup.
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That was dumb.
Do you believe spam emails which say you won a zillion dollars too?
Anyway, this video is rich coming from McAfee- they just screwed up millions of PCs with their dodgy update this week.
Scareware = a major hindrance but can still use your computer.
Bad McAfee update this week = in many cases the computer is stuck in an infinite reboot cycle.
And they talk about how bad it is people are paying for software that screws up their computers.