‘Warning! Your computer may be infected’ Pop-Up

The 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up is a fraudulent pop-up warning that's used to lure victims into technical support tactics. These misleading tactics may be responsible for varied problems, but most often will attempt to take remote control of your computer while encouraging you to initiate cash transfers for no real benefits to the machine. A 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up's appearance always is nothing short of a full-on attack against your PC, and, besides avoiding its enclosed 'assistance,' malware experts also recommend using anti-malware tools as required to remove any software responsible for creating 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' Pop-Ups.

When Tech Support Comes to Your PC Too Eagerly

As seen with similar pop-ups like the 'Call for Great Tech Support' Pop-Up Alert and the AMMYY Microsoft Phone Support Scam, the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up hides itself behind the excuse of being affiliated with a technical support service. There are such things as online anti-malware scanners that could, in theory, detect the threats announced by the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up, but general security-oriented pop-ups like this one almost always are phishing strategies or disguised attacks. Indeed, malware researchers have confirmed that the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up launches without any due regard for the state of the threat's presence on the affected PC.

So far, the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up only has been seen at SystemBrowsing.com. Although the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up names legitimate types of threatening software that would pose a threat to your computer, the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up doesn't undertake any actions that would allow the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up to identify real threats and has no purpose beyond promoting its fake tech support hotline. Of course, malware researchers don't suggest calling this number since any 'employees' are likely to offer advice that may damage your security settings, install real threats or, at a minimum, cause you to lose money without benefiting from any actual technical support.

Taking Your Warnings Seriously without Letting Them Tug You into a Hoax

The 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up is a clear example of people continuing to use social engineering to get their victims to compromise their own computers and wallets. Although the primary risk of a 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up may be avoided, by refusing to call its fraudulent support number, malware experts warn that being subjected to the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up repeatedly may be a symptom of a real threat. Terminating threats associated with this pop-up, or other unwanted browser symptoms always should be done with a little help from your preferred anti-malware and anti-adware utilities.

As for dealing with random encounters with the 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-ups 'in the wild,' there are several ways to keep your browser from showing unsafe Web content, all of which are recommended by malware analysts. Disabling JavaScript, using safe DNS settings, updating your software and even blocking advertisements can provide a certain level of protection from arbitrary redirects to a 'Warning! Your Computer may be Infected' pop-up.

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