Threat Database Adware '855-966-7269' Pop-Ups

'855-966-7269' Pop-Ups

By GoldSparrow in Adware

The people responsible for online hoaxes may use fake security alerts and notifications to confuse users and scare them into believing that their computers are either infected with a threat, or it's operating system is malfunctioning. Such is the case with the '855-966-7268' pop-ups that may be brought to computers with the help of adware. If the '855-966-7268' pop-ups are showing up on your desktop when you launch your Web browser, then you should remember that any virus alerts, warnings or security notifications these pop-ups may contain are made up! They aren't true, and the single goal of these pop-ups is to convince you to call 855-966-7269. This number is operated by online fraudsters who may attempt to collect your information and money.

It is mandatory for users not to call 855-966-7268 because a phone call to the scammers may be used to scare further them into believing that their computers are in danger. The con artists may ask the targeted computer user to pay for an expensive piece of security or PC optimization software. In other cases, the fraudsters may ask the user to subscribe to their professional technical support services since this is supposedly the only way to have their computers cleaned off the threat the is causing the security alert notifications. However, what they don't want you to know is that there is no threat on your computer, and the '855-966-7268' pop-ups are the only suspicious thing in this scenario. We advise users who are exposed to the '855-966-7268 pop-ups to use an anti-malware scanner to clean their computers of the software responsible for the nagging pop-ups immediately.

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