It's happening right now, and, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States, they have already received more than $ 150 million. This is a fake anti-virus programs (scareware) and their creators. Center of the FBI to prevent crimes on the Internet (Internet Crime Complaint Center, ICCC) Friday issued a warning about fake antivirus programs, arguing that Web surfers should beware of a sudden pop-up windows that tell about the security problems on your computer. Fake antivirus programs can appear anywhere on the Internet. Typically, scam starts with an aggressive pop-up ads, which looks like some kind of virus. Often virtually impossible to get rid of pop-ups. Of course, the proposed scan detects a problem, and a popup says that the only way to get rid of viruses ─ get a credit card and pay.

However, this is a bad idea. In the best case, set the software will not work. In the worst case, it "could lead to viruses, Trojans and / or keyloggers, which are installed on the user's computer," reads the warning. "Assertive tactics scareware cause significant losses for users", ─ says ICCC. ─ "The FBI estimates, the estimated loss to victims exceeded $ 150 million.

Distributors scareware used even ads for legitimate advertising networks. For example, in September at the New York Times fraudulently launched ads fake antivirus. Sometimes fraudsters simply hack into the website and use the code for the striker to put its software on the victim's computer. ICCC said that users who suddenly saw these pop-up warning, you should immediately close the browser or restart the computer and then run the antivirus scan to see what happens.