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'Epw3.com' Pop-Ups

Posted: April 28, 2016

Epw3.com is a Web page that your Web client may open automatically if you are infected with a browser hijacker. This dubious site may try to trick its visitors by claiming there are threats on their computers. Epw3.com may display intrusive pop-ups that may lock your whole browser. The messages say that the presence of pop-ups is a certain sign of a security breach. Epw3.com advises the visitor to dial 800-283-5196 for help. In theory, this phone number should contact you with experienced technical support agents, who can scan your PC and fix all the problems. In reality, however, dialing 800-283-5196 will only connect you with con artists. Although these fraudsters may act friendly, their ultimate goal is to take money from you. They may deceive you that there are various information-collecting Trojans while your machine may be clean except for the browser hijacker. The bogus specialists may request a fee to fix issues that don't exist to begin with. The typical sum they may try to collect is a few hundred dollars. It goes without saying that you should not consider paying them anything. The operators of 800-283-5196 may request remote access to your PC. You should decline that suggestion too because they will not use the acquired administrator privileges to search for threats. They may single-handedly load harmful applications that may manage your actions and record account credentials. As long as the browser hijacker stays, you may be transferred towards Epw3.com whenever you go online. This harmful add-on may even make this site the homepage of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Epw3.com may have sneaked in hidden in software bundles. Its installation also may be the result of some system vulnerabilities. In any case, you should use a leading security program to delete Epw3.com as soon as possible.

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