Donkey178 Posted October 3, 2018 ID:1273136 Share Posted October 3, 2018 This morning I had a Google Chrome Critical Error screen pop up.. It said that my computer was trying to be attacked for financial info (or something along those lines). It gave me a number to call and I didn't call it obviously. I ran my Premium Malwarbytes Scan and nothing showed up. I ran my AVG and nothing showed up. I have the payments protection on AVg off because it was conflicting with quick start up. Computer seems normal. Should I do anything else, or just see if it pops up again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted October 3, 2018 ID:1273139 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Similar to these ? I have created a 1series of videos generated from these kinds of fraud sites for the purposes of recognition and education. They are all videos from real web sites. ALL are FRAUDS. All these have one thing in common and they have nothing to do with any software on your PC. They are all nefarious web sites meant to defraud you of money. The objective is to, falsely, goad you to make the phone call and pay for some service contract for an incident that never happened. From there they may continue to charge your Credit Card for other services, remote into your computer and do real damage and/or exfiltrate your personal data and they may use the information they obtain from you to commit additional frauds. MalwareScam.wmvMalwareScam-1.wmvMalwareScam-2.wmvMalwareScam-3.wmvMalwareScam-4.wmvMalwareScam-5.wmvMalwareScam-6.wmv I have also created a PDF ScreenShow of a myriad of FakeAlert screens - FakeAlert-Screens.pdf / Flash Version Reference: US FBI PSA - Tech Support ScamMalwarebytes' Blog - Search on - "tech support scams"Malwarebytes' Blog - "Tech support scams: help and resource page" 1. Also located at "My Online Security" - Some videos of typical tech support scams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey178 Posted October 3, 2018 Author ID:1273148 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Thx David.. Glad I am not infected. Thx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 3, 2018 Root Admin ID:1273155 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Glad we could help. If you need this topic reopened, please send a Private Message to any one of the moderating team members. Please include a link to this topic with your request. This applies only to the originator of this thread. Other members who need assistance please start your own topic in a new thread. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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