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...
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NightMare (redirect from NightMare (scareware))
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...
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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...
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AOL (section AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware")
AOL, Inc. The lawsuit alleged Support.com and AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware" (which uses software developed by Support.com) misrepresented that their...
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Registry cleaner (section Scanners as scareware)
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...
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Gen Digital (section Scareware lawsuit)
2012, James Gross filed a lawsuit against Symantec for distributing fake scareware scanners that purportedly alerted users of issues with their computers...
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WinFixer was a family of scareware rogue security programs developed by Winsoftware which claimed to repair computer system problems on Microsoft Windows...
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Retrieved June 1, 2008. "FTC kills scareware operation". 10 December 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008. "$100 Million 'Scareware' CEO Was Already a Fugitive"...
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usually as part of the Flash update process, and for pushing a third-party scareware program designed to scare users into paying for unneeded system repairs...
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Robert McMillan (September 15, 2009). "New York Times tricked into serving scareware ad". Scammers tricked the New York Times' Digital Advertising department...
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harvest usernames, passwords, bank account and credit card numbers." Scareware, as the name suggests, is a form of malware which uses social engineering...
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Shaileshkumar "Sam" Jain and Bjorn Sundin. The company developed and sold scareware anti-virus programs that claimed to detect and remove viruses from computers...
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maintaining a list of legitimate antivirus engines. This was in response to "scareware" products that present themselves as antivirus software but are either...
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fight 'scareware' with new whitelist". TechWorld. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013. "AV vendors fight 'scareware' with...
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extinguish Fear appeal Fear mongering List of fallacies Moral panic Red Scare Scareware The terrorists have won "Full alphabetic list of Fallacies". Retrieved...
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the ING Group, VISA, MasterCard, and the American Bankers Association. Scareware PhishTank "Report Phishing Sites | CISA". us-cert.cisa.gov. Retrieved...
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phishing emails or calls impersonating legitimate tech companies, and scareware tactics pressuring users into unnecessary purchases due to alleged virus...
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and is believed to be written by the same authors. SpyProtect 2009, a scareware rogue antivirus product. Symptoms of a Conficker infection include: Account...
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system in some fashion, or claims to lock the system but does not (e.g., a scareware program). Payloads may display a fake warning purportedly by an entity...
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infects, and demands a ransom in order for the restriction to be removed. Scareware is a program of usually limited or no benefit, containing malicious payloads...
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who is the primary antagonist of Super Kirby Clash NightMare (scareware), an early scareware program Nightmare (Soulcalibur), a villain in the fighting game...
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Protect 2009 and Antivirus XP 2008/Antivirus2009/SecurityTool/etc) is a scareware rogue anti-virus which purports to remove virus infections found on a...
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November 2019. Davis, Wendy (May 20, 2013). "AOL, Support.Com Settle Scareware Lawsuit For $8.5 Million". MediaPost. Retrieved October 7, 2014. "FINAL...
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advertisement. This advertisement was not well received, most likely due to the scareware tactic involved. Thus, most anti-virus programs detected and deleted it...
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version of ZoneAlarm started showing a "Global Virus Alert" popup as a scareware tactic to get users to switch to their paid security suite. The popup...
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Tapsnake is a scareware scam involving coercion to buy protection from a non-existent computer virus that has been distributed in various ways. It was...
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ignorance – Practice of avoiding research whose cost exceeds its benefits Scareware – Malware designed to elicit fear, shock, or anxiety Swiftboating – Political...
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"Dial My Number" 5:08 5. "I Love You" 3:04 6. "Kumon Kumon" 3:26 7. "Scareware (featuring Redlight)" 4:43 8. "Raver’s Special" 4:37 9. "Feels So Real...
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the commercial keyloggers, 67 percent of rootkits, but only half of the scareware samples. The product's real-time protection found 83 percent of all malware...
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the joint and copying the keys so that they can later burgle it (The Scareware Scam). 10 86 "Episode 10" 17 September 2010 (17 September 2010) Actor...
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