The Ellis County Press: Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster

Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster
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Computerworld Wrap-Up on 05/16/2011 16:06:00


Scammers are trying to trick Windows users into paying to fix bogus hard drive
errors that have apparently erased important files, a researcher said today.
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