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.
Even now, "scareware" continues to flourish. Online promotions for worthless anti-virus software increased tenfold in the first quarter this year as comp... read more»
