Scareware is a form of malware which uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat in order to manipulate users into...

NightMare is a scareware program distributed on the Fish Disks for the Amiga computer (Fish #448). It is generally credited to be the first scareware program...

tool that actually installs malware on their computer. It is a form of scareware that manipulates users through fear, and a form of ransomware. Rogue security...

AOL, Inc. The lawsuit alleged Support.com and AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware" (which uses software developed by Support.com) misrepresented that their...

controversial topic. The issue is further clouded by the fact that malware and scareware are often associated with utilities of this type. Due to the sheer size...

Shaileshkumar "Sam" Jain and Bjorn Sundin. The company developed and sold scareware anti-virus programs that claimed to detect and remove viruses from computers...

WinFixer was a family of scareware rogue security programs developed by Winsoftware which claimed to repair computer system problems on Microsoft Windows...

2012, James Gross filed a lawsuit against Symantec for distributing fake scareware scanners that purportedly alerted users of issues with their computers...

Retrieved June 1, 2008. "FTC kills scareware operation". 10 December 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008. "$100 Million 'Scareware' CEO Was Already a Fugitive"...

Robert McMillan (September 15, 2009). "New York Times tricked into serving scareware ad". Scammers tricked the New York Times' Digital Advertising department...