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Incidentally, M T, in most instances I have seen with the Malware alerts, the next step is to do nothing — simply close the browser and restart the computer/phone, if need be.
Often, the Malware sites have not actually infected you (yet), they’re just trying to make you panic to trick you into taking some action they recommend — like installing their software (or browser plugin), and that action is what can create a real problem.
It has been possible in the past to create a site that exploits browser flaws and can infect a system, but, assuming you have an up-tp-date OS and software, and anti-virus software, usually that is not the case — if the page you’ve described is what I think it is, usually it’s just a fake trick message.
Background: one of my degrees is in Computer Science.
(06-09-2021, 11:25 AM)M T Wrote: More detail: I was using an iPhone to read the CARDboard. Upon clicking on that link, I got what appeared to be a notification with an icon similar to the gear shape of Settings, which said "Malware detected" with a button "Fix".
I figured that never-before-seen notification might be malware itself. So I clicked away from it, and immediately saw a screen with something about a VPN (maybe to install a VPN). (I rarely run my phone on a VPN.)
As soon as I could I powered off my phone and am researching what to do next.
From my laptop, I posted a new thread to warn readers away from that link as quickly as I could. There were at least 14 views of that thread.
At the time:
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Incidentally, M T, in most instances I have seen with the Malware alerts, the next step is to do nothing — simply close the browser and restart the computer/phone, if need be.
Often, the Malware sites have not actually infected you (yet), they’re just trying to make you panic to trick you into taking some action they recommend — like installing their software (or browser plugin), and that action is what can create a real problem.
It has been possible in the past to create a site that exploits browser flaws and can infect a system, but, assuming you have an up-tp-date OS and software, and anti-virus software, usually that is not the case — if the page you’ve described is what I think it is, usually it’s just a fake trick message.
Background: one of my degrees is in Computer Science.