It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

In an email we received from Janet D., she shared her recent unsettling experience. Here’s what she described: "I received a pop-up that froze my computer and read, ‘Access to this system is blocked ...

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WASHINGTON — A computer crash and a pop up message led to a D.C. woman losing out on more than $640,000 through gold coins and wire transfers, the Metropolitan Police Department said on Wednesday. A ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police in Elizabethtown issued a scam alert to help residents protect their money. The Elizabethtown Police Department said in one case, a local man got a virus pop-up on his ...

A New Hampshire man shared his story of being scammed out of his retirement savings to raise awareness. Scammers used a fake computer virus pop-up and impersonated bank security to gain the victim's ...

A suspect in a computer pop-up scam is in Martin County Jail after deputies say he stole $50,000 from a local senior citizen. Weikai Zhang, 43, was arrested in New York and charged with organized ...

Two Angelenos have been arrested for allegedly hacking the computer of an elderly Ventura resident by using a “Norton Virus” scam. On Thursday afternoon, police received a report that a computer had ...

It’s a chilling message to receive on your Windows laptop, but that fear soon turns to anger when you realise you’ve been duped. This week, the Federal Trade Commission announced it would pay out more ...