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false alarm?
« on: August 09, 2018, 12:22:38 AM »
Clicked on what I thought was a LinkedIn link; got a pop up stating my computer has been attacked and frozen and I need to call Microsoft at phone no. whatever. However, I was able to close the relevant tab(s) and everything seems normal. I ran Smart Scan and nothing was found. Anything to be concerned about here?
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Re: false alarm?
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2018, 12:24:27 AM »
The pop-up said MICROSOFT SECURITY WARNING.
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Re: false alarm?
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2018, 01:04:13 AM »
« Last Edit: August 09, 2018, 01:25:55 AM by Pondus »
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Re: false alarm?
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2018, 02:49:28 AM »
Thanks. The message stated that my computer was locked up, but in fact I didn't even have to close the browser. I just closed the web page that triggered the pop up, and it has not reappeared.   Hopefully, Avast would be able to detect anything that had really infected my computer.
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