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ScareWare Infects Tens of Millions Yearly
information-security-resources.com - 30 days ago
ScareWare Infects Tens of Millions Yearly
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There is still a lot of scareware out there, and many people still falling for it. Forty-three million in the last year according to Symantec. Put simply, scareware programs are designed to frighten people into running malicious software by popping up when the user is online and declaring that ...
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