'Call Google Chrome' Pop-ups

Posted: August 30, 2017

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Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	14

First Seen:	August 30, 2017
Last Seen:	February 28, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The 'Call Google Chrome' pop-ups are part of a poorly crafted online technical support tactic whose goal is likely to be collecting information and money from any victims that fall for the lies and tricks that the crooks use. Users might encounter the 'Call Google Chrome' pop-ups when they browse low-quality Web destinations associated with the distribution of illicit media, software or other digital content. While pop-ups are usually not considered to be very disruptive, the case with the 'Call Google Chrome' pop-ups is a bit different because the pages that host these pop-ups may utilize special scripts to cause the visitor's Web browser to malfunction. That's why seeing the 'Call Google Chrome' pop-ups may sometimes be accompanied by annoying side effects such as being unable to close the pop-up or access any other tabs apart from the one that contains the pop-ups in question.

The contents of the pop-up are quite concise, and they warn users that their IP addresses have been blocked due to a suspicious Trojan activity. The next line contains advice to 'Call Google Chrome' to get the problem fixed as soon as possible. According to the website, the visitors can reach a reputable team of support experts by calling 800-235-661, but researchers show that this phone line is not associated with a reputable company that provides such services. Instead, there are several reports pointing out that 800-235-661 is part of a technical support tactic, which may use all sorts of messages, pop-ups, and tricks to make the users think that they have a threat problem on their hands.

Users who opt to trust these pop-ups and call 800-235-661 will not be in immediate danger. The phone line is supposed to be toll-free, but this is not confirmed, and there's a significant chance that calling 800-235-661 might cost you extra money. Furthermore, the crooks who answer the call may continue to provide the caller with false information regarding their computers' health and security. Often, these people will attempt to convince the caller that there is only one way to fix the problem – pay a staggering amount of money in exchange for dubious software or technical support services. We'd like to remind our readers that they should never trust anonymous pop-ups and websites promoting shady products and services. As for the 'Call Google Chrome' pop-ups, and the 'System Activation KEY has expired' pop-ups – these pop-ups should be closed and the information in them ignored immediately.

'Call Google Chrome' Pop-ups

Threat Metric

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