English: Scareware
Welsh: Meddalwedd Codi Ofn
Subject: TGCh
English definition: Used by criminals to extort money from vulnerable users by persuading them that their PC is at risk or infected, and urging them to buy bogus security software.
Welsh context: Mae troseddwyr yn defnyddio meddalwedd codi ofn i gael arian trwy fygwth defnyddwyr sy’n agored i gael eu perswadio bod eu PC mewn perygl neu wedi’i heintio, gan werthu meddalwedd diogelwch ffug iddynt.