{"id":376,"date":"2016-05-10T17:25:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2016-05-10T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:25:31","slug":"internet-scams-and-scareware-pop-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/2016\/05\/10\/internet-scams-and-scareware-pop-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Scams and Scareware Pop-Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Malware-Screen-Shot-5-1-16-Copy-Compressed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-392\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Malware-Screen-Shot-5-1-16-Copy-Compressed.jpg\" alt=\"Scareware Pop Up \" width=\"500\" height=\"905\" \/><\/a>This pop-up is one\u00a0recent example\u00a0of thousands of\u00a0variations of scareware that\u00a0permeate the Internet.\u00a0 In this case, a customer clicked on a link to what he thought was information on the death of Prince.\u00a0 As soon as he clicked on it, the screenshot shown\u00a0to the left\u00a0popped up telling him his computer was infected and that he needed to call\u00a0the provided\u00a0800 number so a &#8220;Microsoft technician&#8221; could &#8220;fix&#8221;\u00a0his computer.\u00a0Fortunately, he didn&#8217;t call the bogus number.<\/p>\n<p>These pop-up pages vary and appear to be authentic as they sometimes include things like\u00a0the name of your Internet Service Provider, \u00a0IP address, official looking seals, loud sounds, etc&#8230; There is always a toll free number for the victim to call.\u00a0 In the example I provided, they listed their phone number\u00a0ten times.\u00a0 If you make the mistake of calling these criminals,\u00a0they try to persuade you to let them take control of your PC remotely.\u00a0 Once you do, they can install a backdoor into your computer so they can log into your PC anytime they want.\u00a0 They have access to all of your files, and often in addition to the hundreds of dollars they try to get you to pay them for &#8220;fixing&#8221; your computer, they try to steal your identity or passwords to your email and banking information.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the time, you can get rid of the pop-up by holding down the control, Alt, and delete keys simultaneously.\u00a0 Then click on &#8220;task manager&#8221; and end all tasks showing up there.\u00a0 Also clear your cookies and browsing history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pop-up is one\u00a0recent example\u00a0of thousands of\u00a0variations of scareware that\u00a0permeate the Internet.\u00a0 In this case, a customer clicked on a link to what he thought was information on the death of Prince.\u00a0 As soon as he clicked on it, the screenshot shown\u00a0to the left\u00a0popped up telling him his computer was infected and that he needed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}