Trying not to buy into scareware

Just surf the net and you’ll be offered plenty of opportunity to buy into some bogus antivirus promotions. Even legitimate web sites are teeming with these scareware pitches. If you click on one of the links to learn more about “protecting” your hard drive, you’ll get bombarded with continued sales pitches – even if you decline purchase. If you do make the purchase then all you’ll end up with is some cyber snake oil for your PC – no real antivirus protection. You will have added to the coffers of the scareware purveyors though.

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