{"id":151251,"date":"2016-09-21T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntegrait.com\/best-ways-to-avoid-and-remove-scareware\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T11:30:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T11:30:28","slug":"best-ways-to-avoid-and-remove-scareware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/best-ways-to-avoid-and-remove-scareware\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Ways to Avoid and Remove Scareware"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the methods black hat Internet marketers and hackers have of “tricking you into clicking” on their shady ads or pop-ups is scareware<\/a>. It actually first cropped-up almost ten years ago, but more sophisticated scareware is making the rounds on the ‘Net, threatening computer networks that are outfitted with the best antivirus and malware detection tools, simply because it relies on human gullibility, not having to bypass normal cybersecurity measures. You can thank the bottom-of-the-barrel ethics of corrupt enterprisers, malicious coders, and black hat marketers for the advent and resilience of scareware – but you can also thank all the dupes who clicked on these manipulative ads that warn you to “Get Antivirus Software Now – You’re Infected!” for instance.<\/p>\n

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Many are realizing the scamminess of these fake ads<\/a>, if they’ve ever been scared into purchasing antivirus or malware-fighting packages (supposedly), and have only seen the problem grow worse, as the scareware keeps perpetuating the pop-ups. Here are some of the titles of scareware apps whose legitimate-sounding names are used purposely to trick people into clicking on their ads:<\/p>\n