By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com. WASHINGTON — The FBI has issued a warning to the public to beware of “scareware”, bogus pop-up messages that warn that your computer is infected with a virus when it ...

By late last year, more than 9,200 different types of scareware programs were circulating on the Internet, up from 2,800 at midyear, according to The Anti-Phishing Working Group.

On this week's Tech Tips, we discuss scareware and how to avoid getting trapped by it.Cybercriminals have learned over the years that the most effective way to .

Use reputable pop-up/ad blockers to reduce the chances of scareware appearing on your screen in the first place. Many of these blockers will stop malicious pop-ups before they reach you.

Never get tricked by scareware again. While I have encountered these ads before, I wasn’t able to summon one up while trying ...

You will also be offered options to – Allow pop up or Block pop up – This time or Always. In this post, we will see how you can block irritating pop-ups in Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera web ...

The warning page that will pop up when a potential scam site is visited. After regaining control, users can report malicious sites through Scareware Blocker to help protect others.