Scareware!
scareware
What is scareware?
Scareware is a FAKE spyware or virus removal tool.
What does it do?
Scareware will bring up a window that looks similar to a real antivirus program, it pretends to scan your system and find all sorts of viruses. When the scan is complete if you attempt to remove the viruses the program responds by informing you it cannot remove the viruses until you pay for their services. This is a scam resulting in a loss of money and the program provides no form of protection from viruses or spyware.
What to do about it?
Using the tools found in the links below can help not only remove scareware, spyware, and viruses, but they can also prevent them from getting on your system in the first place. These two pages are also very informative about what viruses and spyware are up to while they are on your computer.
Spyware Information and Solutions
Tuesday, February 01, 2011