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Protection scam artists are making a killing, cashing in on our fears about PC security.
They're pumping out scare ware platforms in the thousands, lighting up bogus warnings claiming our PCs have been tainted with viruses and then demanding a charge to remove them.
Others send protection spaham (misspelled intentionally) messages, deceitfully claiming they may better our online security, provide credit protection and decrease the risk of identity theft.
Let's begin with scare ware -- virus protection scams that typically flash warnings on our PC screens either claiming the machines bear infections or providing a "free" scan to see if you're infected (which, naturally, they'll state you are).
These might be of the pop-up window assortment, appearing during net browsing, or, more lately, they might mimic the so-called Blue Screen of Death on PCs (not Macs) which tells you your PC has crashed.
You're then invited to purchase a license for a downloadable platform with a genuine-sounding name, occasionally similar to established, bona fide software.
The price is commonly around $40, but the platform doesn't work. Worse still, it might even download additional malicious software onto your PC -- stuff that might steal personal info from your hard drive.
It might even install ransom ware -- platforms that make some of your data inaccessible till you pay a ransom fee.
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