You need to beware of mobile scareware ads which say your phone has a virus. This week one of the Android Authority team saw an antivirus scareware ad on his phone and was able to capture a couple ...

Ads for bogus security software are popping up everywhere. Microsoft and the FTC are fighting back, but jaded old geeks need to do their part, too.

Microsoft filed lawsuits against five companies Thursday, accusing them of using malicious advertisements to trick victims into installing software on their computers.

In the New York Times scareware incident, the hackers bought ad space on the Times site, used it to display legitimate ads for a couple of days and then replaced the ads with the scareware scam.

Microsoft sues over malicious 'scareware' ads. Ap. Monday 21 September 2009 11:10 BST. Comments. ... also known as scareware, that falsely claims to detect or prevent threats on the computer." ...

Scammers tricked the New York Times’ Digital Advertising department into placing a malicious ad for fake antivirus software on the NYTimes.com Web site over the weekend, the company confirmed ...

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 ...

Angler Exploit Kit enabled the delivery of the "scareware" ads to display fake messages claiming to have identified a virus or other issues with the victim's device.

Scammers tricked the New York Times' Digital Advertising department into placing a malicious ad for fake antivirus software on the NYTimes.com Web site.