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'Scareware' Scams Trick Searchers Monday, March 23, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili Home >> Headlines >> Software   
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Makers of fake anti-virus software are exploiting search engines to drive people to sites peddling 'scareware'. Using popular and mis-spelled search terms, the criminals divert people to sites that are seeded with fake warnings about virus infections. The pop-up warnings claim that a visitor's PC is riddled with malicious programmes and spyware. Research suggests some criminals are making as much as $10,000 a day from fake security software. (source: news.bbc.co.uk)
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