Windows 10: Browser Locked? Call This Number.

Discus and support Browser Locked? Call This Number. in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; The reason why I dumped Defender and installed Avira free. You're saying a different antivirus product would prevent this "browser lockup?" If the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by Cluster Head, Nov 24, 2015.

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  1. PJLLB
    PJLLB Win User

    Browser Locked? Call This Number.


    You're saying a different antivirus product would prevent this "browser lockup?" If the page is not downloading anything to the computer then is it a virus? Would Smart Screen catch it?
     
    PJLLB, Nov 25, 2015
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  2. EDWARD
    Edward Win User

    Thanks for posting this *Smile
     
    Edward, Nov 25, 2015
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  3. MYSTERE
    Mystere Win User
    These so-called "browser lockers" are typically not a virus themselves. They don't download anything, or replicate themselves. They only use a specially crafted page that takes over the browser using JavaScript in a way that is very difficult to work around. Often, killing the browser and re-opening won't help because most browsers will just re-open the offending page and you'll be back where you started.

    That's why disabling your internet connection, killing the browser, then re-opening it and closing the now errored out pages is the only way out. I don't know of any anti-virus program that will prevent this, although some may mark the pages as malicious and give you a warning before allowing you to navigate to them (but this is only AFTER they have had sufficient people already fall into the trap that they can be included in the database, it doesn't help for new ones).
     
    Mystere, Apr 4, 2018
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