accused of stealing $31 million from people across the U.S. by putting fake pop-up virus warnings on their computer screens, prosecutors said. Frightened users were tricked into sending hundreds ...

Weikai Zhang, 43, was arrested in New York and charged with organized scheme to defraud, exploitation of a person 65 years or ...

If you don't have antivirus software installed on your computer, any pop-up claiming you have a virus is fake. It gets a bit ...

Scam pop-ups are designed to cause panic, using urgent messages, flashing warnings and fake alerts to grab your attention. Click a link, and you risk handing over personal information — so it’s vital ...

Also in this week's blotter, an expired temporary tag led Solon police to arrest a Bedford woman found to be driving a stolen ...

A powerful new computer virus was today causing havoc with e-mail systems across the world. Experts described the virus, called Goner, as one of the fastest-spreading they had yet seen and warned ...

The “updates” or “alerts” in the pop-up windows call for you ... software downloads to your computer. Rogue security software might report a virus, even though your computer is actually ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office said a pop-up appeared on the Poway resident's computer, which alerted him that there might be a virus on the device. The pop-up provided a phone number to contact, which ...