#scareware
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #scareware from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #scareware
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-28 23:02 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-28 23:02 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-28 23:02 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 36 public posts (spanning ~56296 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 14:00
Languages: English (24) · German (6) · Italian (3) · Dutch (1) · Polish (1) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.6
Top of the latest posts
#Microsoft #Windows. #OS for Champions. Why do people even put up with this shit? (translation in alt) #scareware #infosec #linux
Microsoft Edge's on-device AI scareware blocker is worth turning on before you need it https://1ban.news/microsoft-edge-scareware-blocker/ #1ban #microsoft #edge #scareware #blocker #tech
CypherLoc: 2,8 milioni di attacchi phishing nel 2026, come evitare questa minaccia? 📌 Link all'articolo : https://www.redhotcyber.com/post/cypherloc-28-milioni-di-attacchi-phishing-nel-2026-come-evitare-questa-minaccia/ A cura di Carolina
What “scareware” means
WikipediaScareware is a form of malware which uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat in order to manipulate users into buying unwanted software. Scareware is part of a class of malicious software that includes rogue security software, ransomware and other scam software that tricks users into believing their computer is infected with a virus, then suggests that they download and pay for fake antivirus software to remove it. Usually the virus is fictional and the sof
“Scareware” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#scareware across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #scareware straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/scareware