Windows 10: Internet Explore Virus Scam

On My Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 X64 And On IE Exploer 11 I Got A Message Saying Your Windows 7 Is Infected With 4 Viruses Is It A Scam


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September 23

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Microsoft Internet Explorer renamed to Windows Internet Explorer ?




Since version 7 of the world`s most popular web browser - Microsoft Internet Explorer was silently renamed to Windows Internet Explorer.Such a step from Microsoft is not a surprise since Internet Explorer is part of the Windows operation system for a long time.Obviously Microsoft corp. wants to state that Internet Explorer is already considered as a part of Windows and not as an external browser (remember the IE and WMP law issues last year!?).

 

Possible virus or scam

As already mentioned:

All these kind of pop-ups/alerts are fake warnings - scams. Never ever call these numbers.

Please read:
Beware of Phony Tech Support Scams

Normally you just close your browser:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2014/11/psa-tech-support-scams-pop-ups-on-the-rise/

How to Open Windows Task Manager

You might want to run a quick scan with your Anti-Virus program.

In case you keep on getting these fake alerts:

Follow the steps provided here: Remove Tech Support Scam pop-up (Call For Support Scam)

Suggestion to read:

• Scam Pop-Ups: What You Need to Know

• Avoiding technical support scams
• Tech Support Scams – Help & Resource Page
• Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection

You might want to report this to Microsoft (but you don't have to):
http://support.microsoft.com/reportascam

and you might want to watch:

Fake Tech Support Scams – video from the MS Digital Crimes Unit

 

Virus scams

TECH SUPPORT POPUP SCAM

Beware of Phony Tech Support Scams

Did you close the browser using Task Manager?

Any browser extensions that you need to disable/remove?

Fake Tech Support Scams – see video from the MS Digital Crimes Unit (copy/paste the link into your browser).

PSA: Tech Support Scams Pop-Ups on the Rise - Malwarebytes Labs

Tech support scams: help and resource page - Malwarebytes Labs

For issues with "tech support scam" popups while using Edge see the Answer of GreginMich dated June 20, 2016: 1 888 2361 scam

For issues with Google Chrome see How to stop unwanted pop-ups or homepage changes in Chrome, and How
to reset Google Chrome settings. You may want to use https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/

If you cannot resolve this issue see this free multi-step removal guide from Malwaretips.com: http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-tech-support-scam-popups/ and
follow the instructions on how to close the popup. Remove Tech Support Scam pop-up ads from Windows PC If the issue continues then follow
the step by step instructions in the guide on removing malware. You may not need to scan with Hitman Pro (available in trial version if you do need to use it). If scanning with AdwCleaner (step 1), Malwarebytes Free (step 2) does not eliminate the malware
problem, then you may need to reset your browsers:
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/reset-internet-explorer-settings/
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/reset-chrome-settings/
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/reset-firefox-settings/

http://www.howtogeek.com/237527/how-to-reset-microsoft-edge-in-windows-10/

Regards...

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