Useless or dangerous software which is sold to people by scammers, often by scaring them into thinking they have a computer virus which can be fixed by buying their software.

fake warning messages that come up on your computer screen, eg telling you that you have a virus and offering software to fix it. However this virus software is actually designed to make your computer [..]

A type of software that is defined as malware, meaning it is designed specifically to damage or disrupt a computer system. In this case, not only does the software disrupt your system, it's going [..]

Similar to malware, scareware disrupts your computer, making you think it has been infected by a virus. The goal is to trick you into using your credit card to purcahse software to remove the infectio [..]

On 2013-01-14 I got hit by a virus, the first time ever. It was what the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) call scareware. It suddenly popped up, locked my screen, claiming I had broken some law an [..]

Malware that causes frightening messages to appear (for example, that your computer is infected with malware or that you are guilty of a crime), and attempts to extort money from you to resolve the al [..]

Scareware is a deceptive process designed to trick Web users into downloading and/or purchasing malicious software (malware) by generating user disruption, anxiety or panic. Scareware formats include [..]