Tech support scams target victims via their ISP

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by stapp, Jun 23, 2016.

  1. stapp

    stapp Global Moderator

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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36084989
     
  2. plat1098

    plat1098 Guest

    It's still happening, and in this case, popped up before my ISP's main page even opened. "Nice" little audio message, also.

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    Chat support is taking a LONG time. This leaves you with a residual bad feeling, for sure
     
  3. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    I have also seen similar quite convincing pop-ups, no surprise that people may fall for this, even I had to look twice.
     
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