Two companies that targeted older adults with scare tactics have been ordered to pay a $26 million fine to compensate the victims. The scams, which used pop-up messages to trick consumers into thinking their computers were infected with viruses and buying unnecessary repair software, were the target of a Federal Trade Commission investigation.

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