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'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' Pop-Ups

Posted: October 4, 2017

The 'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' pop-ups are aggressive and worrisome browser messages, which usually appear on top of a bright red Web page that contains additional warnings and a snippet of text, which alerts the users that their systems' stability and performance are at risk. The 'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' pop-ups also may contain a fake virus warning regarding 'RDN/Trojan.worm!055BCCAC9FEC.' The amount of information that the 'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' pop-ups provide is quite overwhelming and scary, but the good news is that all of this information is fake! The sole purpose of the scary messages is to trick visitors into believing that their systems are corrupted or infected, and they need to get in touch with computer technicians who can help them resolve the problem. Other domains used by the tacticmers are:

acenenur.xyz, anogowim.com, carowon.xyz, ebatielat.xyz, heveger.xyz, ietielo.xyz, kuwepag.xyz, lateleh.xyz, oqohate.xyz, riefecah.xyz, ronafos.xyz, tamevu.xyz, taseno.xyz, togoxar.xyz.

Online tactics like the one linked to the 'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' pop-ups are not uncommon, and they usually are done to collect money from users by tricking them into paying for inexistent technical support services, security tools or PC optimization software. It is likely that the group of tacticmers behind the 'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' pop-ups will use the same tricks to convince victims that they need to make a payment to have their PCs issues fixed by a certified professional immediately.

'RDN/Trojan.worm!055BCCAC9FEC Infection

Call Microsoft Technical Support Immediately at [PHONE NUMBER]

The following data will be compromised if you continue:
1. Passwords
2. Browser History
3. Credit Card Information

This virus is well known for complete identity and credit card theft. Further action through this computer or any computer on the network will reveal private information and involve serious risks.'

Call Microsoft Technical Support Immediately at [PHONE NUMBER]'

The phone line that the 'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' pop-ups promote is 888-886-7703, and the pop-ups can be seen on the page hxxp://lilanec.xyz. However, it is likely that the tacticmers use a long list of domain names and phone numbers to make the tactic more difficult to detect. The best way to keep yourself safe from tactics like this one is to use PC security software, which monitors your Web browsing activity and warns you when you encounter shady pages like the ones that display the 'Hard Drive Is Not Accepted' pop-ups. Furthermore, you should not forget that browser pop-ups can't provide accurate information regarding a PC's health & security so that messages that claim to do this are very likely to be fake.

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