Don’t be a sucker for scareware
dan tynan on Sep 21 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Privacy
A couple weeks back the digital version of the New York Times found itself hip deep in manure when it got tricked into serving up “scareware” ads to unsuspecting readers.
You know the scam. You’re merrily surfing the Web when suddenly a window pops up: “Your computer is infected with malware, but if you send [...]
