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Malware designed to elicit fear, shock, or anxiety
Scareware is a form of malware which uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat in order to manipulate users into
Scareware
Psychological manipulation in information security
An example of a scareware popup
Social_engineering_(security)
1990 scareware
NightMare is a scareware program distributed on the Fish Disks for the Amiga computer (Fish #448). It is generally credited to be the first scareware program
NightMare
American internet portal
AOL, Inc. The lawsuit alleged Support.com and AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware" (which uses software developed by Support.com) misrepresented that their
AOL
Multinational software company
2012, James Gross filed a lawsuit against Symantec for distributing fake scareware scanners that purportedly alerted users of issues with their computers
Gen_Digital
Indian entrepreneur, American fugitive, absconding since 2019
kills scareware operation". 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008. "$100 Million 'Scareware' CEO
Jain_Shaileshkumar
Third-party utility to clean up the Windows Registry
cleaners is controversial. The issue is clouded by the fact that malware and scareware are often associated with utilities of this type. Due to the sheer size
Registry_cleaner
Defunct Ukrainian cybercrime company
Shaileshkumar "Sam" Jain and Bjorn Sundin. The company developed and sold scareware anti-virus programs that claimed to detect and remove viruses from computers
Innovative_Marketing
maintaining a list of legitimate antivirus engines. This was in response to "scareware" products that present themselves as antivirus software but are either
Common Computing Security Standards Forum
Common_Computing_Security_Standards_Forum
Rogue security software
WinFixer was a family of scareware rogue security programs developed by Winsoftware which claimed to repair computer system problems on Microsoft Windows
WinFixer
Microsoft Windows anti-malware system
Microsoft Edge version 142 (November 2025), a scareware sensor can notify SmartScreen immediately when the scareware blocker detects a suspicious full-screen
Microsoft_SmartScreen
Form of malicious software
tool that actually installs malware on their computer. It is a form of scareware that manipulates users through fear, and a form of ransomware. Rogue security
Rogue_security_software
Protection of computer systems from information disclosure, theft or damage
harvest usernames, passwords, bank account and credit card numbers." Scareware, as the name suggests, is a form of malware that uses social engineering
Computer_security
American multinational software company
usually as part of the Flash update process, and for pushing a third-party scareware program designed to scare users into paying for unneeded system repairs
Adobe_Inc.
Rogue antivirus software malware
Protect 2009 and Antivirus XP 2008/Antivirus2009/SecurityTool/etc) is a scareware rogue anti-virus which purports to remove virus infections found on a
MS_Antivirus_(malware)
American information technology magazine
Robert McMillan (September 15, 2009). "New York Times tricked into serving scareware ad". Computerworld. Scammers tricked the New York Times' Digital Advertising
Computerworld
2008 computer worm
and is believed to be written by the same authors. SpyProtect 2009, a scareware rogue antivirus product. Symptoms of a Conficker infection include: Account
Conficker
International cybersecurity consortium
various countries, including the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, and Japan. Scareware PhishTank "About the APWG". APWG. Retrieved 2024-12-14. "Avoiding Social
Anti-Phishing_Working_Group
Malicious software used in ransom demands
system in some fashion, or claims to lock the system but does not (e.g., a scareware program). Payloads may display a fake warning purportedly by an entity
Ransomware
Computer malware
beginning in September, 2010. It is an SQL injection attack that spreads scareware encouraging users to install needless and rogue "anti-virus software"
LizaMoon
Turkish-American entrepreneur
fight 'scareware' with new whitelist". TechWorld. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013. "AV vendors fight 'scareware' with
Melih_Abdulhayoğlu
Scareware
Tapsnake is a scareware scam involving coercion to buy protection from a non-existent computer virus that has been distributed in various ways. Tapsnake
Tapsnake
Branch of computer security
infects, and demands a ransom in order for the restriction to be removed. Scareware is a program of usually limited or no benefit, containing malicious payloads
Internet_security
phishing emails or calls that impersonate legitimate tech companies, and scareware tactics that pressure users into making unnecessary purchases due to alleged
Information technology in India
Information_technology_in_India
Topics referred to by the same term
who is the primary antagonist of Super Kirby Clash NightMare (scareware), an early scareware program Nightmare (Soulcalibur), a villain in the fighting game
Nightmare_(disambiguation)
Situation of degraded computer performance
that can make it easier to infect with malware, including ransomware or scareware. "What is Bloatware and How Do You Remove It?". Kaspersky. 25 October
Software_bloat
Internet security software company
version of ZoneAlarm started showing a "Global Virus Alert" popup as a scareware tactic to get users to switch to their paid security suite. The popup
ZoneAlarm
Tech support company
November 2019. Davis, Wendy (May 20, 2013). "AOL, Support.Com Settle Scareware Lawsuit For $8.5 Million". MediaPost. Retrieved October 7, 2014. "FINAL
Support.com
Technology-based group led by Override that included Baud, Download, Output, and Scareware. A husband and wife team, Man-Bat and She-Bat transformed themselves into
List of criminal organizations in DC Comics
List_of_criminal_organizations_in_DC_Comics
2010 studio album by Rusko
"Dial My Number" 5:08 5. "I Love You" 3:04 6. "Kumon Kumon" 3:26 7. "Scareware (featuring Redlight)" 4:43 8. "Raver’s Special" 4:37 9. "Feels So Real
OMG_(album)
1997 video game
advertisement. This advertisement was not well received, most likely due to the scareware tactic involved. Thus, most anti-virus programs detected and deleted it
Virus:_The_Game
E-mail spamming botnet
strategy, the payload of Bredolab has been very diverse, and ranged from scareware to malware and e-mail spam. On 25 October 2010, a team of Dutch law enforcement
Bredolab_botnet
world had been infected by the LizaMoon SQL injection attack spread by scareware since Tuesday. Novice computer users should be warned that when a pop
2011_in_the_United_States
London-based digital privacy and security company
Scroxton, Alex (24 Apr 2020). "The Security Interviews: Can AV go from dodgy scareware to cyber hero?". ComputerWeekly. "MacKeeper Review". PCMAG. Retrieved
Clario_Tech
Rogue security software
Defender Scam". International Business Times. 29 May 2011. "MacDefender Scareware Linked to Russian Payment Site". News & Opinion. PCMag.com. "Russia's
Mac_Defender
Australian software company
Sued for Scareware Tactics". PC Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2012. Greenberg, Andy (11 January 2012). "Lawsuit Claims Symantec "Scareware" Warns Of
PC_Tools_(company)
Discontinued antivirus product for Microsoft Windows
the commercial keyloggers, 67 percent of rootkits, but only half of the scareware samples. The product's real-time protection found 83 percent of all malware
Microsoft_Security_Essentials
Controls an organization requires for IT security
classified as identity theft depending on the depth of the impersonation. Scareware - urgent and often frightening pop-ups that appear on a user's computer
Information security management
Information_security_management
Logical fallacy
Fear appeal Fear mongering FOMO List of fallacies Moral panic Red Scare Scareware The terrorists have won "Full alphabetic list of Fallacies". Retrieved
Appeal_to_fear
Cleanup utility for macOS
which could only be fixed by purchasing the program. This was deemed scareware by cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs. French news outlet Le Figaro
MacKeeper
Pay-per-install Privacy-invasive software Ransomware Rogue security software Scareware Spyware Web threats By operating system Android malware Classic Mac OS
Multigrain_(malware)
End-user knowledge of cybersecurity
another guideline is to consider using a virtual private network (VPN). Scareware is another type of social engineering ploy that displays a pop-up alert
Internet_security_awareness
Anti-malware nonprofit organization
be used." This includes viruses, Trojans, rootkits, botnets, spyware, scareware, and many other types of malware. A badware website is a website that
StopBadware
Mechanism
Digital Settles FTC Complaint it Crammed Charges on Consumers' Mobile Bills Through 'Scareware' and Misuse of Novel Billing Method". 27 August 2013.
WAP_billing
Topical guide to software
software Product bundling Software as a service Software plus services Scams Scareware Malware End of software life cycle Abandonware Software industry Free
Outline_of_software
Threat intelligence unit of HUMAN Security
apps downloaded about 38 million times, and, in 2026, the AI-assisted scareware campaign Pushpaganda and the Android malvertising operation Trapdoor;
Satori_Threat
the joint and copying the keys so that they can later burgle it (The Scareware Scam). 10 86 "Episode 10" 17 September 2010 (2010-09-17) Actor Rob Kazinsky
List of The Real Hustle episodes
List_of_The_Real_Hustle_episodes
British criminologist
trolling, and 'online micro-frauds', which include, amongst other offences, scareware, click fraud and phishing. A selection of pre-print versions of his articles
David_S._Wall
travel, tourism, insurance
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