'Hacking Alert' Pop-Ups

The 'Hacking Alert' is hosted on untrusted pages and may be displayed on your screen if you are infected with adware like Dealsfinder and Everysale. Online shops and sites with inadequate security may feature ads and in-text hyperlinks that bring up the 'Hacking Alert' pop-ups as well. Security investigators note that the 'Hacking Alert' pop-up messages should not be trusted because they provide misleading information to cause distress and direct the user to call numbers like 800-098-8383. Con artists operate the phone lines listed on the 'Hacking Alert' pop-ups. They are trained to use utilities and error reports in Windows to fool the user into thinking that the OS is infected. The con artists may enter commands in CMD and play GIF animations on the potential victim's PC to simulate a virus infection.

You should not call numbers provided on the 'Hacking Alert' pop-ups if you do not wish to be a part of such play. Researchers reveal that host portal for the 'Hacking Alert' message often changes to avoid detection by Web filtering services and community-supported security extensions. The 'Hacking Alert' messages may be hosted by the following sites:

hXXp://network-connection-diskread-failed-multiple-connection-error.inspirona.org/Online-System-Firewall-Report/index2(dot)html/
hXXp://www(dot)abx3zxs-malwareattack.info/pchelp/contacts7/
hXXp://ubuntus.xyz/index2(dot)html/
hXXp://matsgoerorr.xyz/index1(dot)html
hXXp://windows-system-drivers-missing-bad-sectors-detected-contact.rasita.xyz/unauthorized-access/index2(dot)html/
hXXp://www.fix-mac-apple-virus-warning-alert(dot)info/

We strongly advise users to close the 'Hacking Alert' pop-up messages and cancel automatic downloads of suspicious software. Computer users should keep their OSes, browser, plug-ins and extensions up-to-date to benefit from the latest security patches. Do not forget to incorporate a reliable anti-malware shield into your system to avoid malware associated with the 'Hacking Alert' scam campaign.