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.

Computer experts are warning users about those pop-up ads that say a device is infected with a virus. It looks authentic, but it’s not. The fake virus alerts are called “scareware”, because ...

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 .

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

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.

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.

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 ...