New study highlights risk of fake popup warnings for Internet users

A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones – even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed to trick users into downloading harmful software.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news141300439.html">New study highlights risk of fake popup warnings for Internet users</a></p> <p>A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones – even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed to trick users into downloading harmful software.</p>