Often scammers try not only to force users to install/purchase unwanted software, but also to collect as much information as possible about their victims. Such scams are usually used to promote malicious software that can forcibly redirect users to deceptive sites, promise fake features that they really do not have (for example, remove viruses, block ads), display unwanted ads, change browser settings to promote fake search engines, collect user personal data (including logins and passwords, browser history) and so on. It is important to emphasize that there are no websites capable of detecting that a computer has been infected, therefore websites making such claims are always scams. The McAfee SECURITY ALERT scam runs a fake computer scan
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