Scareware is a growing problem and it's your fault. Here are some tips to make sure you don't get scammed by scareware. Many users fall for these scams and wind up paying good money for software that just pretends to clean up imaginary threats, or that actively installs malware. Right behind the scare comes the solution just pay a fee and the “helpful” antivirus will clean up all the dangers it found. While it doesn’t come with brass band accompaniment, a big popup announcing that your computer is dangerously infected can certainly cause consternation. Grifters and con men show up everywhere, including the world of technology. In the classic musical production The Music Man, con man Harold Hill frightens a town’s folks into believing that they’ve got “trouble, right here in River City!” Once he has them quaking in their boots, he’s right there with a solution-for a price.
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