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Released: June 07, 2010
‘Scareware’ ads proliferate across Internet
Source: Byron Acohido, USA Today
Court records show to the penny how much software company Innovative Marketing banked by getting computer users to pay for fake anti-virus programs: $163,167,539.95.
Before its demise, the Ukraine-based company employed hundreds of workers collaborating to scare victims into paying $30 to $70 for such software, according to court records.
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