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royable

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1. Very likely what happened to your computer was that it displayed a mostly harmless Web page

Reply to Stonepounder (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 12:37 AM

Oct 2018

that presented false information saying your computer had been infected. But to follow up on the lie, the Web page provides you with a handy number to call to talk with someone who could kindly infect it for you.

Good move to run a full virus scan, just to be sure, though. To be doubly sure, if this applicable to your anti-virus software, make sure you've just run an update so that it will use the latest list of viruses.

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One moment's inattention. [View all] Stonepounder Oct 2018 OP

Very likely what happened to your computer was that it displayed a mostly harmless Web page royable Oct 2018 #1

Hope so. Stonepounder Oct 2018 #2

I haven't clicked on a bogus email (yet), but I have seen popups... TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #3