‘Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups’ Alert

The 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert is a fraudulent pop-up used to initiate the opening phases of a tech support misleading practice, which may try to acquire remote access to your PC, steal money or access classified information about your identity and/or finances. Because the consequences of contact with these tactics are flexible but almost invariably negative, malware researchers recommend treating any encounter with the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alerts as attacks against your person and your computer. The use of anti-malware tools especially is recommended whenever you see a 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert appear multiple times, which is a possible symptom of an infection caused by threatening software.

The Pop-Up Attack with No Sense of Irony

The 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert is a corrupted pop-up that, ironically, warns its victims about pop-up attacks while also claiming that your OS has been compromised by threats. Its recommended solution is to call the listed technical support number, without any identifying information to allow you to determine an associated company or brand. This, alone, should be sufficient to identify the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert as an attack, and malware researchers always discourage any kind of interaction with similarly suspicious pop-ups. However, the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert is disguised as a normal Windows notification, which may fool some less cautious than usual victims.

Calling the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert's proffered phone number will embroil you in a technical support hoax. Because these tactics utilize one-on-one contact between devious persons pretending to be PC security professionals and their victims, the problems that may arise from this attack are as variable as your potential conversations with these scam artists. However, malware experts have seen some types of behavior that are especially likely to be seen at the tail end of any 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert-based scam:

• Attempts to access the vulnerable PC remotely by requesting that the user voluntarily reduce their network security. After the PC user does so, the person may install threatening software, delete files, transfer files, peruse privileged information or disable other security features.
• Requests that you spend money on an expensive PC security suite, which usually will be a fraudulent or nonexistent product.
• Advice that redirects your browser to unsafe websites, usually to install threats or to steal finance-related information, such as credit card numbers.

The Safest Thing to Do About Any Real 'Excessive Pop-Ups' Problems

Because the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert is more likely to be produced by threatening software than by illicit websites or advertisements, malware researchers recommend undertaking appropriate anti-malware solutions after seeing any sight of this pop-up attack. Although the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert's hoax only can harm you if you willingly subject yourself to its request to interact with scam artists, the threat responsible for the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert may be responsible for other, less obvious attacks than a fake system warning. Accompanying issues may or may not show obvious symptoms, but may include various security features being disabled.

Your PC's security also should be considered with respect to preventing a 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alert from ever occurring. Disabling exploitable browser functions, such as Flash and/or JavaScript, along with keeping your software patched and using strong online security solutions can provide a safe browsing environment. A safe browsing environment, in turn, can help to minimize the installation of Trojans and other threats that may cause the 'Warning! You Have Excessive Pop-Ups' alerts.