Stories about: scareware  

It changes the hosts file, redirects to page offering bogus security solution

Malicious activity resists reboot, kills other processes every ten milliseconds

Cybercriminals are abusing the advertising module from InMobi

Jesta Digital has agreed to pay the FTC $1.2 million (€900,000) and refund all victims

Sophos experts have taken a close look at how the threat works

Sophos experts have analyzed a combination between Fake AV and tech support scams

Scareware can cause a lot of damage and it’s not easy to remove

The threat is currently detected only by a handful of antivirus solutions

The crime ring he had helped made around $71 million (55 million EUR)

A large number of websites have already been hijacked

The incident occurred between December 1 and December 4

Some clever techniques are deployed to make the tool stealthy

Beware of an application called Win 8 Security System

The FTC took down the massive operation which duped over one million people

The malware prevents users from accessing the apps on their computers

The scammers don’t know what Medre is or how to remove it

The malicious element pushes fake search results, desktop icons and spy apps