Warning!!!! Your pop-up ads may be fraudulent!!! FTC wins $163m settlement against scareware firm

A US federal court has imposed a judgment of more than $163 million against a defendant in a case that pitted the US Federal Trade Commission against purveyors of so-called “scareware” programs designed to trick Internet users into believing their computer is infected.

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