'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' Pop-Ups
The 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' pop-up windows may be produced on your screen by browser hijackers, phishing pages and misleading advertisements. Browser hijacker programs may be bundled with free media players and browser extensions. The purpose of browser hijacking applications is to gain control of some of your Web browser's settings and display targeted content. On the other hand, phishing pages and misleading advertisements are freely accessible over the Internet and feature a design that is intended to trick users into performing a certain action. In this case, the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' pop-up windows are styled as Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) reports that are displayed in full-screen mode. Web browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer may load the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' alerts and freeze automatically. The 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' alerts have been recorded to show the following text:
'Windows Warning Alert
malicious Pornographic Spyware/Riskware Detected
Error #0x80072ee7
Please call us immediately at 1-844-609-4444
Please do not ignore this critical alert.
If you dose this page, your computer access will be disabled to prevent further damage to our network.
Your computer has alerted us that it has been infected with a virus and spyware. The following information is being stolen:
> Facebook Login
> Credit Card Details
> Email Account Login
> Photos stored on this computer
You must contact us immediately so that our engineers can walk you through the removal process over the prone. Please call us in the next 5 minutes to prevent your computer from being disabled.
Toll-Free +1-833-426-4666
To secure your data and Windows system click here..
[Back to Safety|BUTTON]'
The Web pages associated with the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' warnings may include cyber-threat names like Win32/Adware.Virtumonde and Win32/privacyRemover.M64 to appear legitimate. Also, you may notice images that say 'Total Security - Threats detected,' which include statements like 'Lost Documents and Settings,' 'System not starting up,' 'Loss of Internet Connection' and 'Infecting other computers on your network.' Do not trust the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' pop-up windows and avoid making calls to the +833-426-4666 toll-free phone line. Con artists who pretend to work for Microsoft Corp. respond to calls on +833-426-4666 and attempt to "sell" unnecessary computer support packages. The con artists associated with the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' tactic may direct you to install a remote desktop tool on your PC so that they can access your files. Do not follow the instructions listed on the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' notifications and commands received from over the +833-426-4666 toll-free phone line. Report pages related to the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' pop-ups and avoid the following domains:
h[tt]p://kszere[.]tk
h[tt]p://scan-9421[.]win
h[tt]ps://plugindata52-net[.]ml
AV companies flag Web pages with the 'WARNING! 41 threats found!!!' pop-ups using the following detection names:
HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
HTML/FakeAlert.MG
HTML/Infected.WebPage.Gen2
HTML:Phishing-SE [Phish]
JS.LockPage.21
JS/FakeAle-SG
JS/Techbrolo.A!Eldorado
JS:Trojan.Cryxos.1294
SupportScam:JS/TechBrolo.AA
