WTF is THIS?

dinkydow · 11-29-2017, 02:07 PM

Lately...there have been sites that have a popup that tells the viewer with script and voice that they are microsoft and that your computer is infected with a virus that is relaying your CC numbers, bank acct numbers etc...while you are viewing it...and...that unless you call a number it gives you...your PC will be disabled/ destroyed permanently...10-9-8-7-6-5-4- ...etc.

Anyone else encounter THAT?

55chevy · 11-29-2017, 02:21 PM

Have you been visiting some porn sites? Better clean up your software with your tools of choice!

ware etc.

Czubek · 11-29-2017, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dinkydow

Lately...there have been sites that have a popup that tells the viewer with script and voice that they are microsoft and that your computer is infected with a virus that is relaying your CC numbers, bank acct numbers etc...while you are viewing it...and...that unless you call a number it gives you...your PC will be disabled/ destroyed permanently...10-9-8-7-6-5-4- ...etc.

Anyone else encounter THAT?

Better update your anti-virus, better yet, switch to one that works, like Avast, install NoScript and run it and use more than one ad-blocker... Make sure your pop-up settings in your browser are set to not allow them, too.

I run at least two ad-blockers, anti-virus, although with Linux, it's not as vulnerable, and take control of cookies and everything else that can import any malware...

Brian

Railbuggy · 11-29-2017, 03:19 PM

I paid some Texas outfit $199.99 last month for cleaning up mine. They installed Panda Pro after removing my free AVAST.

Czubek · 11-29-2017, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Railbuggy

I paid some Texas outfit $199.99 last month for cleaning up mine. They installed Panda Pro after removing my free AVAST.

Wow... You're freakin' awesome...

Guess because you paid someone to install crap that means it's good... NOPE.

Brian

Sanders · 11-29-2017, 04:10 PM

Sounds like you got some malware or ransomware. Maybe Malwarebytes will remove it, but often when you get infected the malware won't allow you to install a malware-erasing software on your computer.

Czubek · 11-29-2017, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sanders

Sounds like you got some malware or ransomware. Maybe Malwarebytes will remove it, but often when you get infected the malware won't allow you to install a malware-erasing software on your computer.

Malware bytes is another good cleaner, so is SuperAntiSpyware. Run them back to back, because what one missed, the other usually gets.

Avast is still the number one anti-virus out there, free or otherwise. One of the best tools in Avast is the "Boot Time Scan" where you reboot your Windows machine and it works at the boot level and finds all sorts of crap.

Brian

4thIDvet · 11-29-2017, 04:29 PM

O.K. right now I think I have McKaffee? or some damn thing?
But Avast I read wants to download for free. Every time I see free I usually run away it ends up costing me a damn fortune.
So if I download it, which I would rather pay and not worry what is Avast getting for downloading it for nada money what's the catch.?????

Avast Free Antivirus review

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/avast-free-antivirus

dinkydow · 11-29-2017, 04:58 PM

I have been running Avast for quite some time. Every time that happens I run it in scan mode. NADA....

Czubek · 11-29-2017, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dinkydow

I have been running Avast for quite some time. Every time that happens I run it in scan mode. NADA....

Do a boot time scan?

Brian

aviator · 11-29-2017, 06:58 PM

That may be a bogus site, just like the habibis who call saying they are from the Microsoft Technical Department and you have a virus in your computer.

If you are dumb and stupid you pay them to infect your computer so they get you again next year. Just close the browser and run a scan. Avast will stop any legitimate attack before it can do harm most of the times.

Pogo · 12-03-2017, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by aviator

That may be a bogus site...

That is what it is. Close the browser and don't go back to that website.

dinkydow · 12-03-2017, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pogo

That is what it is. Close the browser and don't go back to that website.

I have done...just that.

JD Miller · 11-29-2017, 08:43 PM

Porn site

Preacher · 11-30-2017, 07:25 AM

I don't know who your cable company is, but if you have Comcast, you can download the full version of the Norton Security Suite for free. And it come with the Power Eraser tool to sniff out the deep rooted stuff.

11-29-2017, 02:07 PM	#1
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,514	WTF is THIS? Lately...there have been sites that have a popup that tells the viewer with script and voice that they are microsoft and that your computer is infected with a virus that is relaying your CC numbers, bank acct numbers etc...while you are viewing it...and...that unless you call a number it gives you...your PC will be disabled/ destroyed permanently...10-9-8-7-6-5-4- ...etc. Anyone else encounter THAT? __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

11-29-2017, 03:19 PM	#4
Railbuggy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Taylor Creek,Ohio Posts: 7,279	I paid some Texas outfit $199.99 last month for cleaning up mine. They installed Panda Pro after removing my free AVAST. __________________ Im not a wannabe,Im a has-been. We already lost the war. You are the resistance.

11-29-2017, 04:10 PM	#6
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,557	Sounds like you got some malware or ransomware. Maybe Malwarebytes will remove it, but often when you get infected the malware won't allow you to install a malware-erasing software on your computer. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

11-29-2017, 04:29 PM	#8
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,512	O.K. right now I think I have McKaffee? or some damn thing? But Avast I read wants to download for free. Every time I see free I usually run away it ends up costing me a damn fortune. So if I download it, which I would rather pay and not worry what is Avast getting for downloading it for nada money what's the catch.????? Avast Free Antivirus review http://www.techradar.com/reviews/avast-free-antivirus __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

11-29-2017, 06:58 PM	#11
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,568	That may be a bogus site, just like the habibis who call saying they are from the Microsoft Technical Department and you have a virus in your computer. If you are dumb and stupid you pay them to infect your computer so they get you again next year. Just close the browser and run a scan. Avast will stop any legitimate attack before it can do harm most of the times. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

11-29-2017, 02:21 PM	#2
55chevy Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Central Orygun Posts: 4,401	Have you been visiting some porn sites? Better clean up your software with your tools of choice! ware etc.

11-29-2017, 04:58 PM	#9
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,514	I have been running Avast for quite some time. Every time that happens I run it in scan mode. NADA....

11-29-2017, 08:43 PM	#14
JD Miller Fake Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 39,219	Porn site __________________ .......

11-30-2017, 07:25 AM	#15
Preacher Chaplain/Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 11,321	I don't know who your cable company is, but if you have Comcast, you can download the full version of the Norton Security Suite for free. And it come with the Power Eraser tool to sniff out the deep rooted stuff. __________________ You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. Ronald Reagan - 1964 ------------------------------------- Bunker Member #4.