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Huge numbers of users are victims of scareware |
 Symantec says that 43 million people have fallen victim to the "scareware" scam in the past 12 months.
The firm has identified 250 versions of scareware, and examined that criminals thought them earn more than £750,000 each a year. Attackers use pop-up adverts deliberately designed to look legitimate which appear when the user is switching between websites. They falsely warn that a computer's security has been compromised and (if the user then clicks on the message) they are directed towards another site where user can download the fake anti-virus software. On that way users can lose credit card details and other personal information. There is more sophisticated type of scareware that can stop your computer working or lock up some of user’s personal files. Experts say users must protect themselves with common sense and legitimate security software (AVG, Nod 32). Users can read the whole story of scareware on BBC website. |
