Episode 170 - Microsoft Going After Scareware By Forcibly Uninstalling It From Your PC

Published: Feb. 8, 2018, 2 p.m.

Scareware is software that is installed on your PC that will alert you to some dire event. Usually it deals with viruses detected and the end game is you have to pay to upgrade the software to clean it. Scareware is junk and Microsoft is taking an offensive action against it. This episode goes into what they are going to start doing and why it's a good thing. 

 

Be aware, be safe.

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