BigStewMan Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 so, i’m going through the news websites this morning and, while on CNN, something catches my attention. I click and get the message shown below. At first, i’m alarmed. My brother tells me to ignore it. I get on my phone internet and do some research and see that this is a fake alert. it’s a scam to get people to call the number and that’s when the real scam starts. I guess you end up either paying for them to “fix it,” or they con you into letting them remote access to your computer and they steal your personal info. I deleted temp internet files and restarted my computer and it’s working just like before. Most discouraging thing is reading articles that say malwaretips dot com is legit; but, malwaretips dot org is a malicious website. Do we even stand a chance anymore against these crooks? Article said that one gets the scam virus notification by visiting malicious websites. That’s a shocker. I don’t go to porn sites, or anything with a shady site name. The most wild thing i go to is Klipsch forum. So is CNN a malicious website, that’s where i was when this happened. Are these crooks, hacking legitimate website and planting something in one article in hopes that people will click that article while on a legitimate website? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 A couple years ago for Christmas, I bought both my daughters new HP laptops. Within a year, they both were infected by something similar with what you mentioned. I guess I let the security expire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Even a typo in the address box can trigger these things. I had already paid my legitimate support site when this happened to me last year so I went to them to get scrubbed. At the least, change your passwords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Thanks so much for the alert! I hate those hackers so much I can't tell you. Glad you were able to restore your computer, but I would still run the anti-virus again, restart, run it again. I'm running mine now. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 When my computer has been infected, I run three virus programs and make sure one or two of them does a rootkit scan. I usually down load a couple of free anti-virus programs and later remove them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notenki Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I had the same alert pop up the other day. I ignored it but did run a full system scan which did uncover a trojan. Coincidence? Better safe than sorry.Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, Notenki said: I had the same alert pop up the other day. I ignored it but did run a full system scan which did uncover a trojan. Coincidence? Better safe than sorry. I would flip! I am on somebody's list and I now get about 50 junk mails a day. I can't delete/block them fast enough. My firewall can't keep them out even with the additional keyword filter. Do you have any idea how that trojan got on your computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 It's absolutely free, works on windows only I think.. other host methods might be available for other os's. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Look into OpenDNS as your dns lookup instead of your isp, it could possibly speed up your connection too. After that DNScrypt or another proxy could help prevent that, it's more complex. I have had my browser frozen and "do you really want to leave this page" crap show up a couple times over the past decade..... but you bite the hook....... you'll get taken for a ride! Had to shut down chromium with the task manager to get out of that. @BigStewMan Open DNS might be the easiest, and if you make a free acct with them you can configure it to a very fine level granularly. Any or all this would have to be done from an Admin acct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 24 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Open DNS might be the easiest, and if you make a free acct with them you can configure it to a very fine level granularly. Any or all this would have to be done from an Admin acct. thank you for the advice; although i don’t understand a word you wrote. I’m SO not a tech guy. My computer never froze, never did anything unusual, popup never returned. I checked with someone that told me that this was just a popup ... no danger there, the danger comes when you take the suggested action in the pop-up, i.e. click this, call this number, etc... I did delete my temp internet files and whatever that part is with all the cookies. Maybe i should buy a virus program? I’m using a MAC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 17 minutes ago, BigStewMan said: thank you for the advice; although i don’t understand a word you wrote. I’m SO not a tech guy. My computer never froze, never did anything unusual, popup never returned. I checked with someone that told me that this was just a popup ... no danger there, the danger comes when you take the suggested action in the pop-up, i.e. click this, call this number, etc... I did delete my temp internet files and whatever that part is with all the cookies. Maybe i should buy a virus program? I’m using a MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 1 hour ago, BigStewMan said: thank you for the advice; although i don’t understand a word you wrote. I’m SO not a tech guy. I’m using a MAC. Hey, just checked & OpenDNS works for a Mac also. They access the www, so they use the Domain Naming System too. If you've got some free time search for it. It explains how to use it and how it works to block lots of bad stuff. Might not stop everything, but can be a big help stopping some evil. I've been told my internet was down before by neighbors that had twc too. It wasn't, because I use OpenDNS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 thank you for the info John. Appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 So is CNN a malicious website, that’s where i was when this happened. No, they're just a fake news website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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