The fake virus alerts are called “scareware”, because they look so alarming they scare ... computer screen. “It said you are infected,” Lisa Skwiot said. “Then all of a sudden, this ...

It can feel jarring to restart your computer and see an error message instead of your computer’s lovely login screen. Worse, when that error message is one of these ...

Even with secure browsers with essential security features, some pop-up or pop-unders do manage to slip by and get displayed on your computer screen ... dangerous or scary pop-ups.