A bit of a scare this morning.

@TheHorse (203666)
Walnut Creek, California
March 16, 2023 12:41pm CST
I was responding to comments on my MyLot posts this morning, sipping away at my first cup of coffee, when a really invasive pop-up occurred. I don't think MyLot was involved in any way. I hadn't clicked on any ads or anything like that. It was ostensibly from Micros*ft, telling me that access to my computer had been suspended due to hackers, or some such. It was decently written, but there was a "throbbing" graphic in the background, which is something I don't think Microsoft would do. I couldn't find a way to "x out of it, so I did a hard reboot of my computer, and all seems well now. Do you ever get really scary pop-ups? I haven't visited any n*ked lady or b*mb-building sites in a long time, so I'm not sure where this thing came from. I also have not been critical of R*ssia in any recent posts. What do you do when something like this happens? I suppose I should go and delete my cookies now.
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18 responses
@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
16 Mar 23
Had you accidentally downloaded anything unknown in your email? I would suggest running an Anti virus scan on your computer to check if any virus or worm is affecting your computer.
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@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
17 Mar 23
@TheHorse Well hopefully your PC system is all fine !
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@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
18 Mar 23
@TheHorse That's a great news! Just out of curiosity - which brand and Specs Laptop you use?
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
I'm running a scan right now. No, I did not accidentally download anything.
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• Eugene, Oregon
16 Mar 23
I had that happen to me last week, very annoying. I had to restart to get rid of it.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
Was it the Micros*ft one? They gave a phone number, But I didn't write it down so I could report it to the FBI or my local police. Probably a futile gesture anyway.
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• Eugene, Oregon
16 Mar 23
@TheHorse I believe it was, yes. I didn't think about that either. It would not go away when I hit delete.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic Very odd. I'm running a computer check with my Norton right now.
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@rakski (112993)
• Philippines
16 Mar 23
I did not experience anything like that but only those letters telling me someone access my email here and there
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@rakski (112993)
• Philippines
17 Mar 23
@TheHorse so many scams nowadays
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
@rakski Who are these people and how do they live with themselves? To me they're like mini Donald Trumps.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I am glad that I kept my cool and simply rebooted my computer. I have no clue where it came from.
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@JimBo452020 (42639)
• United Kingdom
16 Mar 23
I haven't had anything pop up for ages. Old age creeping in I think
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
@JimBo452020 My ex-: "You're such a great lover!" Me: "Well, I practice a lot when I'm alone."
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
I understand.
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@JimBo452020 (42639)
• United Kingdom
16 Mar 23
@TheHorse Hope it never happens to you
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@Adie04 (17364)
17 Mar 23
Not really a scary pop-ups, but mostly adult ones
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I used to get those more often than I do now.
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@Adie04 (17364)
17 Mar 23
@TheHorse When I encounter adult pop-ups first, I was shocked. But now, no more. My eyes just like, geez, next!
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@Adie04 (17364)
17 Mar 23
@TheHorse Oh, it's more like 'geez, next!' reaction for me too
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@Treborika (16957)
• Mombasa, Kenya
17 Mar 23
I have never experienced something like that before. If to happens I would just switch the computer off and wait for some minutes before restarting it.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
That's pretty much what I did.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
@Treborika No problems so far today.
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@Treborika (16957)
• Mombasa, Kenya
17 Mar 23
@TheHorse That's the thing
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@BarBaraPrz (45217)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Mar 23
Just as long as you don't toss your cookies... oh wait, you did do that last week was it?
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I am tired of tossing my cookies. I promise not to.
@allen0187 (58447)
• Philippines
17 Mar 23
Doing a hard restart is the way to go.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I do that pretty much whenever my computer totally freezes.
@LadyDuck (454862)
• Switzerland
17 Mar 23
I never had this happening, I cross my fingers hoping that will not happen in the future.
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@LadyDuck (454862)
• Switzerland
17 Mar 23
@TheHorse It is scary when we think that our computer has been hacked.
@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I cross my fingers for both of us.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48855)
• United States
17 Mar 23
When I used my computer it happened a lot. On my iPad not so much.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48855)
• United States
17 Mar 23
@TheHorse I’m not sure.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
@Tampa_girl7 Better virus protection on the iPad?
@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I wonder why.
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@JudyEv (323672)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar 23
I yell for Vince and demand that he fix it. I'm a bit like Kitty in that respect!
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
Well good for you! I'm sure he enjoys the opportunity to fix things.
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@Shiva49 (26163)
• Singapore
17 Mar 23
Looks like we are easy prey. I try to do whatever to get them off my back. I have a couple of anti-virus applications.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I have one. Maybe my cell phone picked up the pop-up. I did have AOL open, and I visit AOL on my cell phone.
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@LindaOHio (153181)
• United States
13 Apr
I've never had that happen. Did you run a virus scan? I hope all is well by now.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Apr
Yes, I ran a virus scan. And I did delete my cookies. I have not seen that particular pop-up since.
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@LindaOHio (153181)
• United States
13 Apr
@TheHorse That's good.
@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Mar 23
I clear my history, cache and delete cookies a few times a day.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
I only do it once every few days.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
@CarolDM Very true.
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Mar 23
@TheHorse I try to stay on the safe side, only takes a few seconds.
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@shaggin (71573)
• United States
16 Mar 23
That used to happen to me at myLot a lot years ago when I would myLot on my computer and didn’t have a pop up blocker on. I think it was called a redirect though. I called the number it said to call and have them access to my computer to fix it and then realized it was a scam and quick shut my computer down to get them out of it.
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
I am glad you figured it out in time.
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@wolfgirl569 (93502)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Mar 23
I haven't had any for a long time
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I had not seen anything like that for a long time.
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@RasmaSandra (72494)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Mar 23
I try to delete all my cookies now and then and luckily have not gotten such scary pop-ups, Doubt if it is anything you wrote but do be careful,
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
I always TRY to be careful.
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@Icydoll (36725)
• India
16 Mar 23
Finally you had resolved the issue by reboot . I never faced any scary pop ups like you got .
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@TheHorse (203666)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
I don't get them very often.
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