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Article | 10/06/2011 Feds seize Swiss bank account of scareware mogul
Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony Syman...
Article | 29/05/2010 $100 million 'scareware' CEO was already a fugitive
The CEO of a company accused of making more than US$100 million selling harmful "scareware" antivirus products was already a fugitive from U.S. author...
Article | 28/05/2010 Alleged $100M scareware sellers facing charges
Three men are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly raking in more than US$100 million while running an illegal "scareware" business that tricked...
Article | 23/04/2010 Scammers embrace McAfee fiasco to pitch fake AV
Scammers have quickly piggybacked onto news of a buggy McAfee antivirus update that clobbered thousands of computers, security researchers said today.
Article | 12/12/2009 Phony Microsoft endorsement part of new scareware tactic
A new scareware package tries to sell bogus antivirus software to its victims using an apparent endorsement of the software by Microsoft.