Glad to have found this thread! Let me know what you think. So, while in the process of learning through W3schools website, my premium trial of Malwarebytes ended and I did not upgrade immediately. Historically, I have only used Chrome.. Without real time protection, I clicked IE (bing/edge), typed in W3schools and bam! The infamous "Your computer has been infected. blah, blah blah" I shut it down immediately, ran Malwarebytes free version and did not find anything... The next day, Chrome works fine, but when I clicked IE (bing/edge) and it lit up again. This time giving me a phone number to call (866) 359-5578 to call with my computer looking like it was truly Microsoft support... The guy on the phone, sounded for real, accessed my computer and installed PC Privacy Shield, showed me all my logins and passwords, credit cards on my PC, really used a scare tactic to get me to purchase PC Privacy Shield. I looked at the URL,,, did not show Microsoft, I knew something was up.... In speaking with the technician on the phone, asked how do I get rid of this, can you help me.... are you really with Microsoft,,, this savvy cat showed me several things on my computer to appear like the real thing and even told me Malwarebytes will not protect my computer, not even the Premium... I knew something was up.. I hung up with the dude, tried to uninstall PC Privacy shield - could not do it. Went ahead and ran Malwarebytes free version and found 132 trogans! Obviously quarantined, restarted and computer appears fine - even the PC Privacy Shield was removed. Purchased the MB Premium, went to W3schools through IE and everything is fine now... No more lighting up my computer.... If anything about PC Privacy Shield is real and legit? Then why is it so difficult? Was I speaking with an actual Hacker or just a Re-seller trying to scare me into purchasing his product? As innocent as I was only learning things to better my future, through IE (Microsoft Bing or Edge) my computer got heavily infected but not through Chrome.. What gives and why?