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LADYSINGER
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I was on a website, clicked onto a link & immediately got a huge flashing pop-up with print & audible warning that my computer was locked, & to call a certain number immediately. Couldn't close this page, & was unable to close Mozilla Firefox, & had to use force shut down.

I waited a couple minutes & then turned my computer back on, ran Malwarebytes scan & clean, then scanned again. Also ran Avast Premier, & no problems were detected.

Is there anything more that I need to do, or can I rest easy?

I was on a website, clicked onto a link & immediately got a huge flashing pop-up with print & audible warning that my computer was locked, & to call a certain number immediately. Couldn't close this page, & was unable to close Mozilla Firefox, & had to use force shut down. I waited a couple minutes & then turned my computer back on, ran Malwarebytes scan & clean, then scanned again. Also ran Avast Premier, & no problems were detected. Is there anything more that I need to do, or can I rest easy?

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Hi LADYSINGER, it sounds like an especially obnoxious ad to persuade you to access their paid tech support service. It doesn't sound like you downloaded and ran/opened/installed any files. In that case, I think you're probably fine.

There are a few different page designs these companies use. In one of them, pressing the Esc key several times quickly in a row will break the sign-in/reload cycle so you can close the tab normally. Others might behave differently.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi LADYSINGER, it sounds like an especially obnoxious ad to persuade you to access their paid tech support service. It doesn't sound like you downloaded and ran/opened/installed any files. In that case, I think you're probably fine.

There are a few different page designs these companies use. In one of them, pressing the Esc key several times quickly in a row will break the sign-in/reload cycle so you can close the tab normally. Others might behave differently.

LADYSINGER
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I'm so thankful to you, jscher2000, for your input. I've since found their url from my internet history & reported this incident to Google.