"This is a VIRUS. Your computer is blocked" Tech Support Scam

The "This is a VIRUS. Your computer is blocked" tech support scam is very similar to countless misleading tactics that are on the Internet all over the world. The objective of the fraudsters behind the "This is a VIRUS. Your computer is blocked" Tech Support Scam is to scare computer users claiming that there is a threatening virus infecting their machines that if not removed ASAP will cause financial loss, data leak that can lead to identity theft and can perform other extremely harmful actions. However, your computer may even be infected with a threat but not the one the fake technical support agents claim.

A fake warning like the "This is a VIRUS. Your computer is blocked" Tech Support Scam are caused by adware that may have entered your computer while you was visiting a website or via various other adware delivery methods. Adware is considered a non-harmful application, but when it is one that is intended to mislead you and make you waste your money to solve a nonexistent problem, it should be removed from your machine. Manual removal is possible. However, an anti-malware scanner can remove the "This is a VIRUS. Your computer is blocked" Tech Support Scam from your computer quickly.