Windows 10: Received a threat to sabotage my laptop unless I called a number

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  1. BARGI
    bargi Win User

    Received a threat to sabotage my laptop unless I called a number


    I was on Facebook and think I clicked on Like at something that a relative had posted. My screen went mostly red and I was given a telephone number to call or my computer would be useless. I had sense enough not to call the number but cannot get rid of the box in the middle of my screen that has the heading "security.php". I have run scans in Malwarebytes, Windows Defender, and Microsoft's security program and none of them detected anything. The number they gave me was 1-877-529-1558. I checked this number out and it appears that it is used for actual telephone calls. Nowhere did they mention what to do if it is on your computer. I had also used a hard shutdown but it is still there. Can someone tell me how to get things back to normal?

    :)
     
    bargi, Mar 1, 2019
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  2. CHERMESH---01
    chermesh---01 Win User

    Change default number of received calls in N95

    Hi,

    My N95 keeps a short list of received calls, while I would like to increase the number.

    Can it be done?

    Ran
     
    chermesh---01, Mar 1, 2019
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  3. SURFINJO
    surfinjo Win User
    Skype can't receive calls


    I have Skype on my desktop and my laptop.

    It is working fine on my desktop.

    On my laptop, I can make calls but am unable to receive any. I have tried using my desktop skype to call my Laptop skype, but it doesn't register at all. I have tried sending text messages to my laptop skype and these are permanently pending, never received.

    I have checked settings. I have checked the blocked senders list.

    Both PCs are using Windows 10, with all updates and the latest version of Skype.

    Appreciate some advice. I really need Skype on my Laptop.
     
    surfinjo, Mar 1, 2019
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  4. SISTRUT[HOTMAIL]
    SISTRUT[HotMail] Win User

    Received a threat to sabotage my laptop unless I called a number

    Windows Phone 10 ERROR receiving a call from an 'Unknown number'

    Windows Phone 10 , version 1703 build 10.0.15063.540

    Lumia 950 dual SIM

    I apologize my English writer !

    After last update ...

    When I received a call from a private number , Unknown , all numbers and contacts in a list of received / called in a historic phone disappears and, the total number of calls is stamped in Unknown number.

    If a erase the Unknown of a historic list, I loose the historic of all calls

    The news calls after Unknown are showing normal and do not erase when I erase Unknown

    Thank you in advance for Help !

    ***Post moved by the moderator to the appropriate forum category.***
     
    SISTRUT[HotMail], Mar 1, 2019
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