Error.techbotsupportonline.net

Error.techbotsupportonline.net is a fraudulent technical support website that uses its services to promote contact with third parties, typically for gathering money or installing threatening software. Because of the invasive, threatening and dishonest nature of Error.techbotsupportonline.net's content, malware experts discourage even minor contact with this site. You should respond to all redirects to Error.techbotsupportonline.net, pop-ups for Error.techbotsupportonline.net and similar attacks by closing the affected browser and running anti-malware scans to confirm that your PC hasn't been infected.

The Technical Support You Don't Want in Your Browser

Error.techbotsupportonline.net is a domain malware analysts only recently confirmed as being related to a new campaign of online fraud, still being distributed as of May 2015. Victims of this attack may find their Web browsers redirected to Error.techbotsupportonline.net and subjected to fraudulent warning messages that claim to have detected spyware. Like most, similar websites, Error.techbotsupportonline.net offers no means of authenticating its claims, which are displayed automatically, whether or not your PC has a threat infection of any type.

Error.techbotsupportonline.net also uses a simple script to prevent its victims from closing the window, while Error.techbotsupportonline.net recommends contacting a fake PC security technician. Some of the typical dangers that may be associated with such attacks include:

• You may be requested to transfer your information, such as credit card numbers or addresses, as part of a software purchase process.
• You may be demanded to give remote access to your PC, supposedly to disinfect it.
• Third parties also may use this contact to try to install additional software, either with your permission or through non-consensual website scripts (known as drive-by-downloads). In either case, threatening software may be installed, with a high chance for invasive threats like backdoor Trojans.

Getting Away from the Error that will not Stop Itself

Since Error.techbotsupportonline.net's inclusion in the phishing industry is recent, a majority of PC security institutions have yet to classify Error.techbotsupportonline.net as threatening. However, any competent Web security product still should be able to detect threatening scripts and other content related to Error.techbotsupportonline.net that could harm your computer. Basic browser security and safe Web-surfing habits that avoid likely sources of redirects to Error.techbotsupportonline.net attacks are your first and easiest defenses.

If you have transferred information to entities associated with Error.techbotsupportonline.net, you should contact any relevant companies for protecting yourself from account hijackings and similar attacks. Bank accounts are one of the most common, but by no means exclusive targets of phishing attacks, which may initiate fraudulent cash transfers or collect your information. As with any toxic website, scanning your PC after contact with Error.techbotsupportonline.net also can protect your system from a threat that may install itself automatically.

At this article's date of authorship, Error.techbotsupportonline.net attacks only are confirmed for Chrome browsers, despite the non-browser-specific nature of most online phishing campaigns.