'Microsoft Corporation Has Blocked Your PC' Pop-Ups

The 'Microsoft Corporation Has Blocked Your PC' pop-ups are misleading browser messages whose presence in your Web browser might not be owed to threat infection. These pop-ups may provide fake information by telling users that their computers have been blocked by Microsoft due to suspicious activity and the only way to unblock it is to contact an 'official Microsoft representative' who can be reached by using the phone line seen in the pop-up message. In the case of the 'Microsoft Corporation Has Blocked Your PC' pop-ups, the phone number promoted is 866-216-1642, and it does not appear to be linked to Microsoft at all. Instead, online reports show that 1-866-216-1642 is used in tactics frequently, which might aim t take money from users by convincing them to spend money on things they don't need.

The phone line 866-216-1642 and the 'Microsoft Corporation Has Blocked Your PC' pop-ups are part of an online technical support tactic obviously, which relies on misleading tricks to scare users into thinking that there is a problem with their computers that can’t be resolved without the assistance of experienced professionals. Often, the 'Microsoft Corporation Has Blocked Your PC' pop-ups' presence in the Web browser might cause other issues, and the affected users:

• Might not be able to switch to other tabs
• Might not be able to close the tab that spawned the 'Microsoft Corporation Has Blocked Your PC' pop-ups.
• Might hear an audio file warning, which is played on a loop.

Sometimes, the only way to get rid of these pop-ups is to restart the Web browser completely and dispose of the browser ta, which spawned the pop-ups in question. Remember that you should never trust 'technical support services,' which are promoted via pop-ups of this sort. Users who opt to contact 866-216-1642 might hear more fake information regarding their computers' security and health, and the con artists might attempt to trick them into spending hundreds of dollars on useless services or software.