Posted: 3/13/2016 11:46:07 AM EDT
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Was surfing Arfcom and Facebook last night, went to a brewery website and all of the sudden I have this pop-up saying Windows detected Zeus virus and what looks like a bogus Microsoft page in the tab behind it. I've never had a virus or any malware that I know of. Microsoft, AVG, and MalwareBytes have done well up to this point I guess. Not sure where it came from, I don't go to any questionable sites and the only thing I've downloaded recently is the upgrade to Windows 10(not yet installed, was going to do that today). But anyway, I have no idea what to do. I immediately disconnected my laptop from the Internet and have been doing some research from my phone. Does the following look legit, and is all that necessary? |
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It was a white text box which appeared to come from the browser, but was hovering above the tab with the fake Microsoft page. I could not get to the tab to close it with the text box open. I had to leave town for work, but I can try to grab a pic when I get home.
ETA: The pop-up gave me a "microsoft" phone number and a code.  No way it was from anti-virus(or Microsoft).
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