Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Support Question (2017-02-21)

In the normal course of things, I generally stay away from problem sites (wait for the laughter and clever comments to die down).  All that being the case, I got this screen a few minutes ago and don't quite know what I should be doing about it, if anything.


Could some kind soul please enlighten me as to what this is?  Firefox stopped responding and I had to shut it down via the task manager.  I'm running Windoze 7.

Thanks in advance.
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6 comments:

  1. CWMartinFebruary 21, 2017 at 7:36 PM

    I would guess a virus that wants to get you to turn over remote control to a "Microsoft tech". Try running malwarebytes if you have it, it's free and made to dispose of riff-raff like that.

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  2. Mad JackFebruary 22, 2017 at 12:53 PM

    Thanks CW. I ran:
    AVG
    SpyBot free edition
    Webroot SecureAnywhere ver 9.0.15.40
    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Home Premium ver 2.2.1.1043

    None of these programs found anything, so I'm feeling relieved.

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  3. Old NFOFebruary 23, 2017 at 11:42 AM

    Yep, attempted hack via a virus link... Don't EVER call them!!!

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  4. Momma FargoMarch 7, 2017 at 11:00 AM

    So my IT guy said that is a phishing site and do not click or call. They will try to hack into your system and often leave a virus.

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  5. Momma FargoMarch 7, 2017 at 11:01 AM

    Oh, and lots of smoochies.

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  6. Mad JackMarch 7, 2017 at 7:45 PM

    Smoochies? I get smoochies?

    I'm speechless.

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