A McAfee antivirus pop-up that appears on your computer screen is a scam using fear and panic to make you act quickly and surrender personal information.

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“Scareware” has blighted the web almost since its inception, often in the form of fake antivirus software that ... including using fake Windows pop-ups, to scam consumers.

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"Scareware" has blighted the web almost since its inception, often in the form of fake antivirus software that ... including using fake Windows pop-ups, to scam consumers. "These companies used ...