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What I see is that no other age group is more likely to have a message like that pop up on their Windows computer, then pick up the phone and call the number, then break out their credit card to fix a problem that never existed. And it starts with the fact that Windows is THE most vulnerable way to be on the internet. Then add in the fear...the fear that boomers get that something broke on the Windows computer and it needs to be fixed. I just don't see where any other age group is getting tech support scammed like boomers.
Thats a popup on a web site of course its a scam Microsoft does not do that there is no such thing.The goal is to get you to panic not think things out and react immediately and click the link .Microsoft does not do popups on web sites to inform you of a security problems the program itself will notify you from what I see thats a obvious popup on a website.Its made to look like the program but its a popup. A common scam on the internet.
Despite my best efforts to educate my Mom, she fell for that scam a few years back. I had told her time after time that if there is EVER anything that pops up just to close her browser and restart it WITHOUT going to the "restore Chrome". Well, she fell for it and got to the point of sending them money but luckily she talked to my brother and they were able to dispute the charge and she didn't lose any money.
Yes no popups should be taken seriously on a browser you can have noscript on your browser turn it on and it will wipe those popup right out like they were never there I bring that up because they also lock you on the web page noscript will disable that immediately and let you escape.
Yes no popups should be taken seriously on a browser you can have noscript on your browser turn it on and it will wipe those popup right out like they were never there I bring that up because they also lock you on the web page noscript will disable that immediately and let you escape.
NoScript is one of the stronger solutions. It needs to be configured to deny most crap by default as I believe the default settings are too permissive.
It is now 2024 and web browsers have yet to integrate this basic firewalling as a native feature.
To be able to tell your browser "Hey, furry fox, for sites we've never loaded before let's please refrain from loading and running arbitrary scripts all willy nilly without end, okay?"
You find these kind of things at sites that are no so reputable they are running the illegal script. Many sites run illegal scripts to get information.The real bad ones will go after your cookies and get your password, name address, phone number,IP address and anything that you put in as information.Best to clear your browser history after logging in to a site if going to a questionable site because a cookie will be generated. It will come across as they know you another common scam but a level up.They make a copy of the cookie and then decode it.Not as easy as it sounds but they do it.You will find this kind of thing on the really bad sites like porno.
One of the more common scripts not as bad as it was years ago is locking the user on the page so they can't go anywhere else.I don't understand the mentality of that one it just pisses me off and I never go to the site again.
The best solution would be to get off your wallet and pay 5 bucks for a VPN and it will all cease to be a problem.You can also use a browser with a built in VPN like TOR or Opera.
The best solution would be to get off your wallet and pay 5 bucks for a VPN and it will all cease to be a problem.You can also use a browser with a built in VPN like TOR or Opera.
The only thing this would improve is concealing your IP from the various webservers you connect to. Proxies on their own will not magically protect oneself from scams like the one OP shared.
I just had a WARNING pop up on my screen. It looked completely "legit", but it was a scam.
That looks legit to you? lol
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