Editing Scareware (section)

==Uninstallation of security software==
Another approach is to trick users into uninstalling legitimate antivirus software, such as Microsoft Security Essentials, or disabling their [[Firewall (computing)|firewall]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/social_engineering_scareware/ |title=theregister.co.uk |website=[[The Register]] |access-date=2017-08-10 |archive-date=2017-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810142313/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/social_engineering_scareware/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since antivirus programs typically include protection against being tampered with or disabled by other software, scareware may use social engineering to convince the user to disable programs which would otherwise prevent the malware from working.