And the reward for best scareware program ever goes to… RegClean Pro [Image]
RegClean Pro wants you to pay them to "fix 0 errors now". Yes, that is zero errors.
Tag Archives: Scareware
FTC takes aim at fake tech support from India, shuts down more scareware operations
Yesterday we learned Innovative Marketing, a firm that developed scareware programs, has to pay a fine of $163 million. In the comments of the article, Rob mentioned another scareware scam — “tech support” callin...
Court orders developer of scareware programs to pay $163 million
In this day and age, most semi-tech savvy computer users know what scareware is. For those that don’t, scareware is not malware, per se, but it is software that make you think like you have a problem on your computer (when y...