The “Your Windows is infected with 3 viruses” pop-up

Home computer self-tutoring: the tutor shares a sudden experience from last night.

Yesterday evening I was surfing the ‘net when suddenly a pop-up appeared with a beep. Rather alarmingly, it presented me the message that “your Windows is infected with 3 viruses”, or some such news.

I had McAfee running its real-time scanning, so I opened up the Security Centre to check if I truly was under menace. McAfee reported its familiar green message “Your computer is secure.”

I searched the pop-up’s words “your Windows is infected with 3 viruses” and found it listed as a false alarm. The advice I read:

1. Ignore the “your Windows is infected with 3 viruses” message, and all other suggestions in the pop-up.
2. Close the tab containing the pop-up.
3. If the website refuses to close, restart the browser or even restart the computer if needed.

I had closed the “your Windows is infected with 3 viruses” tab seconds after it opened: I was sure it was not to be trusted. After finding out about it, I set McAfee on a full-system scan, which found nothing.

Source:

www.pcrisk.com

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.