Phishing scheme

There is a ‘newish’ phishing scheme occurring.
If you are surfing the internet for business or personal use and you are rerouted to a browser window / pop-up, usually solid red or white, that informs you that “Microsoft has determined your computer is infected and you need to contact Microsoft immediately” and a male / female voice begins speaking reiterating this.
Do not call the number provided on the screen and DO NOT let them remote into your computer.
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If you have little to no computer knowledge, please simply restart the computer.
If you are comfortable attempting an advanced tactic.
Press ctrl + alt + del
select ‘task manager’
click the ‘processes tap’
high light all available ‘iexplorer.exe’, ‘firefox.exe’ or ‘chrome.exe’
right click each of these processes and select ‘End Task’
confirm with ‘ok’
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We recommend immediately running an antivirus and malware scanners you have available and let these tools clear out any infections found.

• Sabrina
• February 1, 2017
• Blog