Pennyfinder
Elite Member
Just had a frightening scare on my laptop computer. A screen (looking like a Microsoft screen) popped up over my Internet Explorer and started talking to me telling me I had a virus and that it was sending my credit information out to who knows where (#1 I don't use credit cards on the Internet) and said to call a specific number and if I didn't it would LOCK my computer if I left the page. I couldn't close the page AT ALL. So I unplugged the computer completely (disconnected connection to the Internet too) and took it to a computer repair shop -- no cost to me because it was a simple fix! I was told to NEVER CALL THE NUMBER OR IT WOULD GIVE ME A VIRUS because then the party on the other end would access my computer and then that's when I would get the virus!!!!!! To get out of this page is simple. Just move your cursor to the bottom of the page to a blank area on your TASK BAR. Right mouse click and select TASK MANAGER and then the task manager will open and you will see your Internet program listed at the top of the list (mine is IE). Highlight it and then move the cursor to the bottom right and select END TASK. This will close the Internet screen. Problem solved -- but check to see if your homepage has changed. Mine reset to MSN instead of Google.
The tech also told me that there is another Microsoft looking screen that might come up at another time (which I have seen) that is also a virus if you act on it. I have my updater turned off. A blue Microsoft looking screen comes up periodically that says on it that I have not UPDATED my Windows 8.1 in over 30 days and to please click here to UPDATE your Windows. DON'T. You'll get a virus! Just close the screen!
The tech also told me that there is another Microsoft looking screen that might come up at another time (which I have seen) that is also a virus if you act on it. I have my updater turned off. A blue Microsoft looking screen comes up periodically that says on it that I have not UPDATED my Windows 8.1 in over 30 days and to please click here to UPDATE your Windows. DON'T. You'll get a virus! Just close the screen!