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Popup Window Ad
« on: December 08, 2016, 02:23:29 PM »
I clicked on a website (I don't remember what it was) and a new popup window ad appeared. A notification stated that I must contact engineers, the computer must not restart and it has been blocked. On the webpage it stated that my computer will restart in 5:05 minutes and my bank details are stolen.

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Offline Pondus

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Re: Popup Window Ad
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2016, 02:39:38 PM »
Most likely a fake message, post url here so it can be added to block

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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2016, 05:03:26 PM »
Your logs are clean; most likely this was a "scare-ware" attack. 
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Re: Popup Window Ad
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2016, 10:57:29 PM »
Unfortunately, I got rid of the url and manually cleared the history as soon as I realized that it was a fake message. The keyword I searched was Instagram viewer; I now know that some of those viewer programs are unsafe.
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