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runbunch

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    Possible virus
    « on: October 30, 2020, 02:56:11 PM »
    Wife was on her W10 laptop and a message came up "critical alert" call windows support at !888 984 7576. I turned off the computer for a couple of minutes thinking the message would be gone, not so, same message came back. Where do I go from here?
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    patio

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    Re: Possible virus
    « Reply #1 on: October 30, 2020, 04:57:01 PM »
    It's a BS scam alert...run your protection scans...BTW which ones do you have ? ?
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    runbunch

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      Re: Possible virus
      « Reply #2 on: November 01, 2020, 11:07:09 AM »
      Do you mean like MalwareBytes? I finally just shut it down and when I booted up again it was gone. Should I do anything further?
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      Allan

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      Re: Possible virus
      « Reply #3 on: November 01, 2020, 01:44:48 PM »
      Probably not, but if you want our Malware specialist to walk you full a complete check feel free to post in our malware forum.
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