888-726-6050

Was playing a game on Facebook and clicked on an Article on right-hand of screen of three children lying on a bed titled Children taken from mother ... My computer froze - Could not change or close the, or any tabs or close it them all.  Had to use Task Manager to close.  I shut down & rebooted the computer and ran MalwareBytes.  Thankfully all was well; however, I did screen print before I shut down.  Although it showed Microsoft Logo and had a blue box saying Call for support:  888-726-6050, it had a long web address starting with Secure \ https://s32-us-west-2.amazon.com/mso-sec-58e ... and so on.  Another site warned that companies like these do not send pop-ups or requests for you to call them.  I imagine IF I would have clicked on the OK or called the number, I would have been infected by some virus that would have made my life very unpleasant for a while.  Really wish there was a way of reaching out to the scammers & ripoffs and wreak havoc in their lives.

Same thing happened to me. I was playing DUC on facebook on my computer and clicked on article on right side of screen with picture of an ultra-sound and catchy line about a mother asking doctor something. When I clicked on it, it took me to a page where a pop-up immediately pretending to be microsoft and said my computer was locked, mi information has been stolen, to call that phone number 888-726-6056 or my computer would be blocked, and to click "ok". Of course I didn't. I was able to click the x and close the pop-up and the page. The address on the website and popup was s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com  I am now running malware-bytes and then my antivirus to make sure my computer is clean.

Had this happen several times when I clicked on Facebook sidebar stories.  Just closed everything down and restarted.  You would think Facebook should be able to help end this.

Same story, my wife clicked an article on face book and froze the computer, I cleared  with task manager. ran scans and computer is ok.
I called the number, and they just laughed when I said I know a computer scam when I see one

It's a scam. Same thing happened to me 4/11/17 when I was on face book & clicked on a add on the right hand side. I called the ph. #. They claim your critical error can only be resolved on line or take my PC & Att Modem to Network Security Center 1010 Lake St. Oakbrook, IL. 60301 Fee $365-$400.
They said I needed a different IP address to resolve. I called ATT & was recommended to call the Police & report. I cleaned my IE - Tools-Internet Options-Reset Procedure. Ran Malwarebytes & anti-virus. All clear now. (Inside CMD was a long list of Hackers/someone tracking)

Follow-up. These folks are slick. Att support not helpful. Although a ticket was made to the supervisor. Att claims not their problem. From my best point of view is these folks are trying to sell you a VPN. $300 for a 1x clean-up & $400 with a 1 Yr. protection plan. When I Google this Co. Network Security Center Oak Park, IL. Nadda. How I knew these folks were not Microsoft was when they couldn't clean my pc without formatting my Hard Drive & re-installing All software OS etc...I got Irate & told them ..FU....Jag...etc...How about this You've been erased. I have Ghost backups I make every month. Didn't need it this time. (I've had 2 Trojans B4 where imbedded in the Registry, Clean machine with Malwarebytes & Anti-virus. Then when you re-boot, the Trojan re-appears. The only way to really clean that scenario is to restore B4 your mishap. Ghost works great.) If your tech savvy- for this issue clean out your CMD.exe This will get any traces out. Win 7 Procedure: Ex. IE - Click IE Tools gear-Click Internet Options-Click Advanced Tab-Click Reset-Make sure you select Box Delete Personal Settings-Click reset again. Afterwards you'll have to perform a Re-Start. At power up go back online wait for a message how you want IE to work. Just select Standard recommended Settings. Wait for IE to do it's thing. (You'll see light on HD on/flickering until complete) IE all cleaned out & back to factory default from when PC was brand new. Their 1x $300 charge. To confirm clean-up that these folks do for $300. Procedure: Click Start-Type in run in box (where it says search programs & files)  & then select run in start menu-Then type in cmd in the pop-up window-then click ok. Now a pop-up menu will appear which is your CMD.exe You should only see C:\Users\Your PC Name> That means good to go all traces removed. Then you may want to consider using a VPN=Virtual Private Network. I have no affiliation with any of them. I've just researched a little due to this 888-726-6050 deal. There's free ones out there - you get what you pay for. Best thing to do is not click on those adds on the side (Like I did & I knew better LOL) & avoid http.(Non secure) I have free https everywhere software. Google to find. Software changes web address http into encrypted https (Secured is what s means) if available for that website you've chosen & your PC communications are then encrypted. It's a nice added security. Seems most large co.'s & websites will have it but not all do. Hope this helps.

1 More thing. Your ISP Ex. Att  is 1 IP Address. Your PC, Smart Ph., Tablet, etc... has it's own IP Address. When this stuff happens these thieves still have Ex. your PC's IP Address & may try again down the road.. You'll want to change your IP Address for your devices. Google on how to do that procedure. Procedures vary depending on ISP, If you have Windows, Mac, Tablet, etc.... ISP is a fixed. Your device is a geographical (Static) IP Address. If you research VPN's there's good explanations about it which I'm still researching myself. I thought my https everywhere was good enough. Worked great for 2 years. Problem is not all sites have https available so I myself will probably go with a VPN. Stay Safe.
And that's another whole ordeal.

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