10.6.2012
Notorious scamware creator Kristy Ross and two of her company co-founders have been charged $163 million by a Maryland federal court at the request of the FTC, ending a reign of Internet “scareware” terror.
According to the FTC, Ross was initially charged along with six other defendants in 2008 with creating “scamware,” software that convinces a gullible user that their computer is infected with a virus - then sells them a faux solution to their invented problem.
It’s also known as “scareware,” largely because it operates by terrifying users into purchasing a product they don’t actually need.
Posted at 1:01 PM
