Скачать или смотреть Saving a Victim From a Microsoft Pop-Up Scam!

Scammers are using pop-ups, which are really ads, on various platforms to try to trick people into downloading remote access software to eventually scam them.

Think of it like this, you are online on a website like Facebook, a news site or looking up something to buy on Amazon when suddenly, your computer screen has a pop-up that says your computer is infected with a virus. It starts making a loud beeping sound or says that it is infected.

You can hold down the ESC key on your keyboard and it will give you the ability to close out the window. If that doesn't work, restart the computer and disconnect the internet.

Disconnecting the internet is crucial to getting rid of this pop-up message and also, if you do happen to call the number on the pop-up and download the remote access software the scammers tell you to, disconnecting the internet will allow you to remove the program without the scammer being able to prevent you from doing so.