I have some questions about malware/malware removal.
I am running a Windows 7 home premium OS. I was using Google Chrome. I have McAfee antivirus standard edition on my computer. I was using the public library's network for the second time.
I was searching yahoo.com for instagram. The search results showed instagram.com and had the little green search safe checkmark next to it so I clicked it. It was definately instagram too because I checked the spelling. Then a strange page came up:
18004727563callnow.404calltollfreenowtodiagnoseyourpcforunwantedissues.304calltollfreenowtodiagnoseyourpcforunwantedissues.204calltollfreenowtodiagnoseyourpcforunwantedissues.104calltollfreenowtodiagnoseyourpcforunwantedissues.bullshot.in
It locked up my Chrome but not my computer. I restarted my computer and it happened again. Then I restarted again and it did NOT happen again. This is obviously malware but I don't understand how I got it unless it's from the library's network. I have never had malware on my computer before now. I also don't understand why McAfee didn't stop the redirect. I am doing a full scan now of my computer but how do I know what this did to my computer?? Was it just a form of ransomware or did it put a trojan, worm, or virus on my computer? How can you tell? Scans aren't always 100%.