adware to scare victims
This is also a very lucrative business on Android:
March 7, 2019
"it said i had 4 viruses so i click on remove.. it takes me to play store to install [REDACTED] app which has bee on my phone for 2 weeks??? how can i have viruses when [REDACTED] is installed but i still get notices that i have 4 viruse???"
Source: Play Store reviews of [REDACTED]
(This has been going on for over 6 years now.)
Scary pop-up=$PROFIT!
Android=Dumpster Fire