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Got hacked by a windows 10 browser lock!

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:12 pm
by fortyshooter
About an hour ago and contacted McAfee Support. They were able to clear it out thru my Browser.
Many thanks to them!!
I had just left here and went sign on to Facebook and that when the Windows Alert hack box came up and locked me up.

Re: Got hacked by a windows 10 browser lock!

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:28 pm
by BigAl52
Lots of that going on my Credit Card got hacked once again. Someone wanted to get a belly ache in Ca buying 105.00 worth of Pizza Hut pizza. Not my choice by any means but they werent able to get it done either the charge was declined.

Re: Got hacked by a windows 10 browser lock!

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:07 pm
by CT_Shooter
Forty, take a look at this web page by Microsoft. It might come in handy. There's a description of what has happened and instructions about how to close the browser and also how to prevent it from happening again.
Microsoft wrote:
...whenever you see one of these security alerts pop up in your browser, it always means that somebody out there is looking to scam you, and that they’re using this fake alert just to lure you into calling their “tech support” number. If you call the number, they’ll just try to scam you out of some money by selling you worthless software or services at an exorbitant price, and maybe by stealing your personal information. If you refuse to pay up, there’s also a chance that they'll punish you by installing some malware or by locking you out of your computer. These Tech Support Scam pop-up messages (dialogs) come in lots of familiar themes: virus detections; hacker alerts; firewall intrusions; hardware error reports; system error reports; and what have you – but all of these web-based warnings are fakes, and you just have to ignore the content and close the page.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/pro ... 8a78aa3aa8
fortyshooter wrote:
Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:12 pm
About an hour ago and contacted McAfee Support. They were able to clear it out thru my Browser.
Many thanks to them!!
I had just left here and went sign on to Facebook and that when the Windows Alert hack box came up and locked me up.

Re: Got hacked by a windows 10 browser lock!

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 5:31 pm
by fortyshooter
The only way we got rid of it was to delete the browser history. I could have done it myself but did not know. Now I do with McAffe help.