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BOLO
Posted by: eyeinthesky ()
Date: September 23, 2015 03:47PM

SCAM POP-UP TAKES CONTROL OF YOUR BROWSER-

IF YOU GET A WINDOW POP-UP SAYING YOU HAVE A VIRUS FROM "MICROSOFT WINDOWS DEFENDER" AND TAKING OVER YOUR BROWSER SO YOU CANNOT GET YOUR WINDOWS CLOSED, LOG OUT BY TURNING OFF YOUR COMPUTER IMMEDIATELY. IT IS A SCAM TO DOWNLOAD VIRUSES TO YOUR COMPUTER AND TAKE OVER ALL YOUR INFORMATION.
AN INDIAN ACCENTED VOICE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO ANSWER THE PHONE BY THOSE FOOLISHLY CALLING THE NUMBER AND BELIEVING THE SCAMMER, WHOSE POPUP TAKES CONTROL OF YOUR SPEAKERS ALSO AND TELLS YOU YOU MUST CALL THE NUMBER 1.855.410.1408 IMMMEDIATELY, HE WILL THEN TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR COMPUTER BY GETTING YOU TO GIVE HIM CONTROL TO "FIX" IT FOR YOU.. DO NOT DO ANYTHING BUT SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER WHEN THIS POP-UP APPEARS. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE ACTIVATING ON BOTH cHROME AND MICROSOFT EDGE BROWSERS SO FAR.

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Re: BOLO
Posted by: Craig ()
Date: September 29, 2015 09:15AM

This is why you should always surf the web using a sandboxed browser. Use the free www.sandboxie.com

Antivirus doesn't protect your fully......

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