About us
About this site
Updated 6 September 2026
The name sounds like a cleaner. It isn’t. We write about the text, the package card, the QR, and the fake “your PC is infected” page — the things they want you to tap or install — and we leave the antivirus aisle alone.
How we write
Scam coverage online tends to two extremes. Either everything is a five-alarm emergency, or it’s a vague list that never answers your actual question. We try to sit in the useful middle. When something is genuinely dangerous, we say so. When a threat is smaller than the headlines, we say that too, because a calmer reader makes a better next decision.
We check primary sources where they exist: FTC pages, IRS and SSA scam notes, IC3 alerts. We will not invent an FBI loss total or a refund rate to make a headline louder. Where we are unsure, we say so.
The tools
The QR checker and the safe word generator run in your browser. They send nothing to a server. You can confirm that with the network inspector.
How the site pays for itself
Some pages may link to a data-removal or security tool and earn a commission if you buy. The advice does not change. “Freeze your credit, it is free” makes us nothing, which is rather the point.
What we leave out
Business email compromise, ransomware playbooks, and office incident response need a different kind of help. We stick to the scams that show up on a personal phone or a doorstep.
Contact
Quick answers
- Are you an antivirus company?
- No. We will not scan a file you upload.
- Why is malware in the name?
- Because that is what they want you to run — a link, a download, a remote tool. The useful move is not to.
- Do the tools upload?
- No.
This is general safety information, not legal advice. Scams change. If you need an official desk: FTC ReportFraud or IC3.