This scam tricks you into buying fake tech support software

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CBS News - 12/1/2017 - Abrar Al-Heeti - Scammers are tricking victims into paying $25 for fake security software, ZDNet reports. The tech-support scammers use fake blue screen of death (BSOD) messages and a phony "Troubleshooter for Windows" application to try to sell a supposed Microsoft security product called "Windows Defender Essentials." The name sounds like two real Windows anti-malware applications: Windows Defender and Security Essentials. Read more @ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-scam- ... -software/