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'Yourscanfreport.xyz' Pop-Ups

Posted: February 1, 2017

The 'Yourscanfreport.xyz' pop-ups are part of a cleverly crafted online tactic that aims to trick people into paying absurd amounts of money in exchange for technical support services. If you are wondering how a simple pop-up can convince someone to pay money for technical support services, then you may be intrigued to hear more about the contents of the 'Yourscanfreport.xyz' pop-ups, and how they manipulate users into thinking that they have become the victims of a threat.

The 'Yourscanfreport.xyz' pop-ups appear on top of a red page that seems to copy the design features of the Microsoft Edge's warning screens. However, you can rest assured that the 'Yourscanfreport.xyz' pop-ups are not linked to the Microsoft Edge or, in fact, to any reputable service, company or Website. Their sole purpose is to look legitimate so that more users will fall for them and follow the instructions listed there. The 'Yourscanfreport.xyz' pop-ups warn users that their computers have been infected with a Trojan, and their information is being collected at this very moment. The pop-up continues by warning users that they at risk of losing their Facebook login, credit card details, email account login, and any photos on their computers. However, all this can be prevented by calling the toll-free help desk at 0800-046-5718.

Neither the 'Yourscanfreport.xyz' pop-ups nor 0800-046-5718 are trustworthy sources of information, and we advise our readers to avoid calling this number. If you get in touch with it, you'll probably be bombarded with false information regarding your computer's security, and the con artists will do that with one thing in mind – to convince you that you need their help. Naturally, their help will not come for free, and they may ask you to pay for their services or purchase an expensive software that may turn out to be useless. The presence of these pop-ups in your Web browser might turn out to be a rather annoying problem since the page uses JavaScript to resize the browser window continuously, therefore preventing users from closing any tabs or pop-ups. This is why some users might have to terminate the Web browser's process from the 'Task Manager' to get rid of the annoying messages.

Often, the 'Yourscanfreport.xyz' pop-ups are distributed via corrupted advertising campaigns hosted on low-quality Websites. If you saw these pop-ups while browsing a less known and not so reputable page, then it is likely that it was the source of the problem. You should avoid visiting it in the future, and also make sure to run a reputable anti-malware software suite that will keep you safe while browsing the Web.

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