Tag Archives : Internet Security

According to Symantec, ‘more than 40 million people have fallen victim to the “scareware” scam in the past 12 months.’ The security firm has identified 250 versions of scareware. The scam has been fetching more than £750,000 each a year for online criminals. These perpetrators convince computer users to download fake anti-virus software. [...]

The popular social networking site, Facebook has again borne the brunt of a new phishing scam that has crash many computers and mobile phones. This new malware is said to steal passwords and email ids. If you are an active Facebook user, then avoid the files that end with “at” and be”. Some mails with subjects like “Look at this” are scams. [...]