Microsoft is gunning for scareware-like free programs that coerce users into buying premium versions of the software that purportedly fixes the issues discovered by the freebie version. Microsoft finds the practice problematic because it can pressure customers into making unnecessary purchase decisions. Software that coerces users may display the following characteristics, among others: Reports errors in an exaggerated or alarming manner about the users system and requires the user to pay for fixing the errors monetarily or by performing other actions such as taking a survey.”]