’855-966-7269′ Pop-Ups

The '855-966-7269' pop-ups are bogus security warnings that attempt to trick you. These notifications claim that your PC is infected, even though they have no access to your hard disk and cannot check it for the presence of threatening software. The '855-966-7269' alerts are a part of a popular online tactic, known as 'fake technical support.' The one and only purpose of these messages is to make you dial the listed phone number. Allegedly, by doing so, you will contact specialists who can help you fix your PC. If your machine is indeed infected, it would be a lucky coincidence. And even if there are threats in your system, you can be sure that the people who answer 855-966-7269 will not assist you. They will just pretend to do so, and in the meantime demand a hefty payment.

Typically, the bogus specialists ask for a few hundred dollars. To make you feel like everything is legit, the scammers may ask for remote access to the system. On no occasion should you agree to provide them with administrator privileges. If you do, they may use it to scan your hard disk for everything that they can use. The fraudsters also may load some real cyber threats. The '855-966-7269' pop-ups may be displayed after Web clients get infected with a browser hijacker. If the fake alerts appear regularly when you are online, then they are certainly not part of the webpage you are currently viewing. The browser hijacker that generates them may have entered stealthily bundled with third-party freeware. It may cause other issues with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer as well, so you should use a dedicated security program to delete it as soon as possible.