Windows security: New BSOD scam emerges from fake tech-support swamp

Tech-support scammers are using fake blue screen of death (BSOD) messages and a bogus ‘Troubleshooter for Windows’ application to dupe victims into paying $25 for security software they don’t need. In this case, the scammers are attempting to sell a supposed Microsoft security product called ‘Windows Defender Essentials’.

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