Winkeyexpired.xyz

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

The Winkeyexpired.xyz site should not be trusted and may be used for promoting fake technical support services. The layout of Winkeyexpired.xyz consists of a screenshot of the legitimate security alert displayed by the Google Safebrowsing when a user is about to enter a compromised site. The designers behind the Winkeyexpired.xyz site took a screenshot of the legitimate warning and used that as a background to provide credit to the message shown on Winkeyexpired.xyz. Computer users should pay attention to the URL and will notice the suspicious name and the lack of HTTPS encoding. Additionally, browsers that incorporate services like the Google Safebrowsing and the Mozilla Phishing Protection will not use a dialog box to show you a warning but will give you the option to proceed, leave the site and report a false positive. The fake alerts from Winkeyexpired.xyz may present the following text:

‘**Do not ignore this windows alert**
Please call us immediately at 1800-941-033 (Toll free)
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 trojan and spyware. The following information is being stolen...
1. Facebook Login
2. Credit Card Details
3. Email Account Login
4.Photos stored & saved on this computer
You must contact us immediately so that our engineers can walk you through the removal process over the phone. Please call us within the next 5 minutes to prevent your computer from being disabled. Please call us immediately: 1800-941-033 (Toll free)
**Do not ignore this windows alert**’

Computer users that are shown the Winkeyexpired.xyz pop-ups should not trust the information displayed on their screens. The messages on Winkeyexpired.xyz are designed to lure users into calling phone lines such as 800-046-5735 & 800-941-033 that are operated by con artists. Crooks may claim that the Winkeyexpired.xyz warnings are legitimate and you need to subscribe to a premium technical support plan if you want to remove 'the virus ' on your machine. Cyber security experts advise users to stay vigilant and pay attention to the details of the notifications regarding their safety. If your browser becomes unresponsive after loading Winkeyexpired.xyz it is not because your PC is locked, but a bad JavaScript was loaded and causes your Internet client to crash. PC users that have issues with the Winkeyexpired.xyz may be willing to install a trusted anti-spyware tool that can block phishing domains and prevent bad JavaScript from loading. Researchers add that Winkeyexpired.xyz have more than a few clones registered to the 132.148.83.14 IP address, which includes:

  • networkprivacyreport[.]xyz
  • winblockedinfo[.]xyz
  • winblockedreport[.]xyz
  • wincrashalert[.]xyz
  • wincrashalertinfo[.]xyz
  • winkeyalertinfo[.]xyz
  • winkeycrashalert[.]xyz
  • winkeyexpireinfo[.]xyz

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