I Got a Pop-Up Virus Warning — Is My Computer Infected?
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⚠️ Messages that look like
⚠️ Messages that look like a virus warning and recommend a specific download as a solution are immediately suspect. There's typically a safer solution.
⚠️ Unexpected pop-up messages indicating a problem and recommending a specific solution are almost always a scam. Make sure you’re already doing all the things you should be doing to stay safe, and you can safely ignore scams like this that try to play on your fears. When in doubt, run an up-to-date scan using your already-installed security software.
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0:00 Pop-Up Virus Warning
0:45 Scareware
1:30 An example
2:26 How to tell it's fake
3:30 The tech support scam
4:25 What do you do?
5:15 Run a malware scan
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⚠️ Unexpected pop-up messages indicating a problem and recommending a specific solution are almost always a scam. Make sure you’re already doing all the things you should be doing to stay safe, and you can safely ignore scams like this that try to play on your fears. When in doubt, run an up-to-date scan using your already-installed security software.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/3107
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✅ Watch next ▶ Can I Get a Virus From Looking at an Email? It used to be scary easy. ▶ Can I Get a Virus From Looking at an ...
Chapters
0:00 Pop-Up Virus Warning
0:45 Scareware
1:30 An example
2:26 How to tell it's fake
3:30 The tech support scam
4:25 What do you do?
5:15 Run a malware scan
❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best
❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1
More Ask Leo!
☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered
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