June 11, 20187 yr Pishing Mail that looks like one from Microsoft? Did anybody else ever see such a website? Their deep scan would have provided a lot of help, I'm certain.
June 11, 20187 yr Popular Post have you found this yet? https://malwaretips.com/blogs/cloudfront-net-virus-removal/
June 11, 20187 yr Popular Post Just look at the internet address, doesn't say Microsoft.com but a lot of 21hg2132gh1j432gh1
June 11, 20187 yr Author 22 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said: Just look at the internet address, doesn't say Microsoft.com but a lot of 21hg2132gh1j432gh1 Yep, always something that doesn't make sense. Similar to the PayPal freaks.
June 12, 20187 yr Popular Post 13 hours ago, jenny2017 said: Pishing Mail And you clicked on a link in the mail? Of course this is a fake and dangerous. I hope you didn't continue with Scan ...
June 12, 20187 yr I got one like this yesterday. Scared the heck out of me because they said I had been infected by ransomware. Shut the computer off then turned it back on. The next one that I got this morning said a fan was broken on my laptop and could ruin the computer.....checked the fan and it wasn't running, so again scared the heck out of me.......kept track of the heat all day and it didn't seem to be a problem. About an hour ago I took of the back cover and the fan was running. Kind of wonder how my Kaspersky software allowed this to get by.
June 12, 20187 yr Yes I also received this message yesterday but did not open or scan,ran a scan on my malwarebytes ap and also Ccleaner ap and all was good.
June 12, 20187 yr Author 7 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: And you clicked on a link in the mail? Of course this is a fake and dangerous. I hope you didn't continue with Scan ... Thanks, of course, would I never ever click on something similar.
June 12, 20187 yr Author 2 minutes ago, gkroo said: Yes I also received this message yesterday but did not open or scan,ran a scan on my malwarebytes ap and also Ccleaner ap and all was good. The scan would have been the entrance to all.
June 12, 20187 yr Author 3 hours ago, TGIR said: I got one like this yesterday. Scared the heck out of me because they said I had been infected by ransomware. Shut the computer off then turned it back on. The next one that I got this morning said a fan was broken on my laptop and could ruin the computer.....checked the fan and it wasn't running, so again scared the heck out of me.......kept track of the heat all day and it didn't seem to be a problem. About an hour ago I took of the back cover and the fan was running. Kind of wonder how my Kaspersky software allowed this to get by. I'm also wondering why Kaspersky doesn't pick up more. Even Windows defender finds serious stuff not recognized by Kaspersky?
June 12, 20187 yr I got one of those a few days ago . Strange that a few TV posters all got them at the same time
June 12, 20187 yr Doesn't look anything like an email or a site from Microsoft. If that fooled you then perhaps you shouldn't have a computer.
June 12, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, seancbk said: Doesn't look anything like an email or a site from Microsoft. If that fooled you then perhaps you shouldn't have a computer. Its identical to some Microsoft sites , the only difference is the address in the address box
June 12, 20187 yr Just now, sanemax said: 5 minutes ago, seancbk said: Doesn't look anything like an email or a site from Microsoft. If that fooled you then perhaps you shouldn't have a computer. Its identical to some Microsoft sites , the only difference is the address in the address box Yes, and that should be enough for anyone to know the email is a scam. It amazes me how little tech knowledge some people have despite everyone using computers for the past 40 years. Why would anyone even click a link in an email anyway?
June 12, 20187 yr 23 minutes ago, seancbk said: Yes, and that should be enough for anyone to know the email is a scam. It amazes me how little tech knowledge some people have despite everyone using computers for the past 40 years. Why would anyone even click a link in an email anyway? It wasnt from an E-mail . It just popped up on my screen with an alarm ringing . Everyone hasnt been using computers for 40 years and I can understand why some people may think that its genuine , because fake Microsoft sites popping up isnt common , its not a well known scam
June 12, 20187 yr On 6/11/2018 at 5:03 PM, FritsSikkink said: Just look at the internet address, doesn't say Microsoft.com but a lot of 21hg2132gh1j432gh1 It doesn't. The website is cloudfront.net, a popular image hoster.
June 13, 20187 yr Doesn't look anything like an email or a site from Microsoft. If that fooled you then perhaps you shouldn't have a computer.They are perfect ‘night-lights’ but maybe I’m not using it up to it’s full potential.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
June 13, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, wump said: It doesn't. The website is cloudfront.net, a popular image hoster. No, the website name is the combination of the letters/numbers AND cloudfront.net Cloudfront.net is a legitimate and safe content delivery network owned by Amazon, however cyber criminals are abusing this CDN to deliver malicious content. So, not only a image hoster, can host anything.
June 13, 20187 yr 16 hours ago, sanemax said: I got one of those a few days ago . Strange that a few TV posters all got them at the same time Not really as they send millions of them.
June 13, 20187 yr 11 hours ago, sanemax said: It wasnt from an E-mail . It just popped up on my screen with an alarm ringing . Everyone hasnt been using computers for 40 years and I can understand why some people may think that its genuine , because fake Microsoft sites popping up isnt common , its not a well known scam You always need to start looking at the address or when it is an email to the senders name, most of them are easy to recognize as fake.
June 13, 20187 yr 11 hours ago, sanemax said: It wasnt from an E-mail . It just popped up on my screen with an alarm ringing . Everyone hasnt been using computers for 40 years and I can understand why some people may think that its genuine , because fake Microsoft sites popping up isnt common , its not a well known scam I think that means your PC is infected.
June 18, 20187 yr On 6/12/2018 at 6:41 PM, jenny2017 said: I'm also wondering why Kaspersky doesn't pick up more. Even Windows defender finds serious stuff not recognized by Kaspersky? Maybe kaspersky and Norton are the virus creators. I consider Norton software to be a virus in itself. Should be easy to uninstall but Norton made it a hassle to uninstall itself back when I tried it. Virus= hassle QED
June 18, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, stud858 said: Maybe kaspersky and Norton are the virus creators. I consider Norton software to be a virus in itself. Should be easy to uninstall but Norton made it a hassle to uninstall itself back when I tried it. Virus= hassle QED In days of olde (~1989) THE antivirus for the PC was McAfee. I had a buddy at the time who was dead certain the viruses were coming from McAfee itself, and would go on and on about it. He may have been right. There are a few wiseacres out there who say that Windows itself is a virus ?
June 19, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, bendejo said: In days of olde (~1989) THE antivirus for the PC was McAfee. I had a buddy at the time who was dead certain the viruses were coming from McAfee itself, and would go on and on about it. He may have been right. There are a few wiseacres out there who say that Windows itself is a virus ? A virus on one's life. I agree. Life was much less stressful without Microsoft and computers.
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