Is this virus?

[Yongtjunkit]

Hi, I was wondering if the edge pop up saying that my pc is infected with a very likely scam number, is a virus right? 

[rn8686]

Yes, just close the tab and dont worry. 

[Yongtjunkit]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

Yes, just close the tab and dont worry. 

So it's not a virus?

[Guest]

You've browsed the wrong porn site.

 

*EDIT: well, you got actually fucked this way.

[rn8686]

Just now, Yongtjunkit said:

So it's not a virus?

It is if you download their tool (or whatever they ask you to do), your PC is probably fine. 

[Leonard]

17 minutes ago, Yongtjunkit said:

Hi, I was wondering if the edge pop up saying that my pc is infected with a very likely scam number, is a virus right? 

It is more like a trojan then a virus, get rid of it and stop clicking on links that you think may lead to the various exposed human anatomy.

[mikeeginger]

Give your pc a scan with malwarebytes and don't download the tool it says and uninstall edge? 

[GoodBytes]

59 minutes ago, Yongtjunkit said:

Hi, I was wondering if the edge pop up saying that my pc is infected with a very likely scam number, is a virus right? 

Edge will not tell you that your system is infected.... it is a web browser, not an anti-virus.

You are probably looking at an ad, or a Java-Script pop-up from an infected website tell you this lie so that you download or do what it wants "to remove it" but really only infect you. Usually the goal is to either take your credit card information, or ask you details enough to cause identity theft.

 

Close the tab or the web browser.And just to be sure, scan your system with Windows Defender (Full scan) and then Malwarebytes after. It doesn't hurt to be sure that you don't have something else that you got from the past.

[Yongtjunkit]

On 7/14/2017 at 8:09 PM, GoodBytes said:

Edge will not tell you that your system is infected.... it is a web browser, not an anti-virus.

You are probably looking at an ad, or a Java-Script pop-up from an infected website tell you this lie so that you download or do what it wants "to remove it" but really only infect you. Usually the goal is to either take your credit card information, or ask you details enough to cause identity theft.

 

Close the tab or the web browser.And just to be sure, scan your system with Windows Defender (Full scan) and then Malwarebytes after. It doesn't hurt to be sure that you don't have something else that you got from the past.

 

On 7/14/2017 at 7:49 PM, mikeeginger said:

Give your pc a scan with malwarebytes and don't download the tool it says and uninstall edge? 

 

On 7/14/2017 at 7:26 PM, Leonard said:

It is more like a trojan then a virus, get rid of it and stop clicking on links that you think may lead to the various exposed human anatomy.

 

On 7/14/2017 at 7:10 PM, rn8686 said:

It is if you download their tool (or whatever they ask you to do), your PC is probably fine. 

 

On 7/14/2017 at 7:08 PM, rn8686 said:

Yes, just close the tab and dont worry. 

Seems like another pop up appear again, this time it's on Firefox esr 45.9.0. Didn't get these pop up before (previous windows installation).

 

Is 50% ram usage when idle? 4 gb ram is installed.

[Cool Guy]

46 minutes ago, Yongtjunkit said:

 

 

 

 

Seems like another pop up appear again, this time it's on Firefox esr 45.9.0. Didn't get these pop up before (previous windows installation).

 

Is 50% ram usage when idle? 4 gb ram is installed.

Did you disable Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, User Account Control or Smart Screen filter? If you didn't and didn't see a popup asking you to run anything, then you are most likely safe.  Microsoft Edge is literally the safest browser in the world right now that you can use on a consumer device, the in-the-wild exploits for Edge are not many (if not any at all!).  If you were on Firefox or god forbid Internet Explorer things might've been different.  

 

Follow what someone else here suggested and run a malwarebytes scan.  If that comes clean I'd take it that you're fine. 

[Hiitchy]

On 7/14/2017 at 7:26 AM, Leonard said:

It is more like a trojan then a virus, get rid of it and stop clicking on links that you think may lead to the various exposed human anatomy.

 

But I was just trying to do my biology homework!

[Yongtjunkit]

2 hours ago, Cool Guy said:

Did you disable Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, User Account Control or Smart Screen filter? If you didn't and didn't see a popup asking you to run anything, then you are most likely safe.  Microsoft Edge is literally the safest browser in the world right now that you can use on a consumer device, the in-the-wild exploits for Edge are not many (if not any at all!).  If you were on Firefox or god forbid Internet Explorer things might've been different.  

 

Follow what someone else here suggested and run a malwarebytes scan.  If that comes clean I'd take it that you're fine. 

Antivirus and firewall was handled by McAfee, uac and smart screen filter should be at default. Microsoft edge/ latest version of Firefox / chrome doesn't surport certain website with smart card reader..... 

 

 

Malawarebytes came in clean.... I also ran windows defender offline just in case.

[GoodBytes]

Can you share a screenshot of the pop-up?

[Yongtjunkit]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

Can you share a screenshot of the pop-up?

I didn't took a screenshot of the pop up, maybe when it pop up next time 

[Leonard]

5 hours ago, Yongtjunkit said:

 

 

 

 

Seems like another pop up appear again, this time it's on Firefox esr 45.9.0. Didn't get these pop up before (previous windows installation).

 

Is 50% ram usage when idle? 4 gb ram is installed.

you could have what is called a dormant bomb, when this is activated it just keeps sending popups to the desktop to confuse you while the hacker does shit in the background.

It could be installed almost anywhere on your PC, so finding this could take some time if you manually check for it.

 

Check the settings of your browser and look at the Appearance, Search Engine and Start Up Page settings and make sure it doesn't have any weird configuration. If all else fails try resetting your browser to defaults....Note that you will lose any saved pages/bookmarks/etc. and the browser will be set to when it was installed. 

 

I hope you are not one of those internet people who thinks they don't have to use a anti-virus because they are intelligent and they have a brain and not a total retard when they use the PC and then get a virus and say how can this happen. If you plan to use a PC that can be used by others and is connected to the Internet either sometimes or all the time, invest in a anti-virus/malware program that has a networking firewall with active stateful inspection.

[Yongtjunkit]

On 7/16/2017 at 10:47 PM, Leonard said:

you could have what is called a dormant bomb, when this is activated it just keeps sending popups to the desktop to confuse you while the hacker does shit in the background.

It could be installed almost anywhere on your PC, so finding this could take some time if you manually check for it.

 

Check the settings of your browser and look at the Appearance, Search Engine and Start Up Page settings and make sure it doesn't have any weird configuration. If all else fails try resetting your browser to defaults....Note that you will lose any saved pages/bookmarks/etc. and the browser will be set to when it was installed. 

 

I hope you are not one of those internet people who thinks they don't have to use a anti-virus because they are intelligent and they have a brain and not a total retard when they use the PC and then get a virus and say how can this happen. If you plan to use a PC that can be used by others and is connected to the Internet either sometimes or all the time, invest in a anti-virus/malware program that has a networking firewall with active stateful inspection.

 

On 7/16/2017 at 9:03 PM, GoodBytes said:

Can you share a screenshot of the pop-up?

Here's the screenshot of the pop up 

[Leonard]

30 minutes ago, Yongtjunkit said:

 

Here's the screenshot of the pop up 

--gone--

Do not call that number. Have you tried deleting your browser history but not from the browser but from the internet options on windows? Try this, note that these steps will erase your history/bookmarks/saved passwords/etc., type Internet Options in windows settings then open it you will see the first screen below, then click on Delete that will be highlighted in blue, delete everything then click on the Content tab after the Privacy tab and then there you click on Clear SSL State. After you have done this, uninstall your browser, restart your PC then reinstall your browser and see if you get the same popup.

[RumSwift]

It just looks like some malware, have you tried Malwarebytes like stated above? 

[Yongtjunkit]

1 hour ago, Leonard said:

Do not call that number. Have you tried deleting your browser history but not from the browser but from the internet options on windows? Try this, note that these steps will erase your history/bookmarks/saved passwords/etc., type Internet Options in windows settings then open it you will see the first screen below, then click on Delete that will be highlighted in blue, delete everything then click on the Content tab after the Privacy tab and then there you click on Clear SSL State. After you have done this, uninstall your browser, restart your PC then reinstall your browser and see if you get the same popup.

It's Microsoft edge, I don't think it can be uninstalled

[Yongtjunkit]

17 minutes ago, Rhyss said:

It just looks like some malware, have you tried Malwarebytes like stated above? 

Yup, i've even tried windows defender offline and it still comes back 

[GoodBytes]

Can you make sure that the HOST file is empty?

• Start > type: Notepad > Right-Click on "Notepad" and pick "Run As Administrator" > click on OK
• In Notepad, do: File > Open > in the "file name" box type in (or copy and paste): C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts > hit the open button.

This file should have the following:

Quote

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#    127.0.0.1       localhost
#    ::1             localhost

 

and have nothing more. Make sure of this.

If it is different, copy the one above, paste in Notepad, making sure that you don't have anything different, and save it.

If they are the same already, then great!

[GoodBytes]

Also, let me introduce you to:

• Snipping Tool. Search for it from the Start menu search box. It is an amazing utility that comes with Windows for taking screenshots. You take a picture of an area, rectangle, full screen or focused window. You can also set a timer when to activate, so that you enable it, and have a few seconds to prepare the program for the screenshot.
   
• You also have the command: Win+PrintScreen to take a picture of your entire screen and save it as a nice PNG file in your Pictures folder automatically, and you can do Win+Alt+PrintScreen to take and save a screenshot but only of the focused window.

This way, you don't need to break your head pasting it Wordpad or whatever, and take a picture with your phone or webcam and all that.

[Leonard]

1 hour ago, Yongtjunkit said:

It's Microsoft edge, I don't think it can be uninstalled

It is tricky to do but yes it can be disabled/uninstalled, i don't have it running or as a option on my system and have not had it running since i installed the Creators Update. Well just forget the part of uninstalling the browser and when you restart the PC open EDGE and clear your browsing history from the beginning on you see the option to choose how much of the history to remove. 

 

Until you get familiar with the snipping tool, all you needed to do when you have the screenshot in Word just right click the image and say save image and then select your desktop as the place and then you would have a clear screnshot to post.

[YedZed]

On 7/14/2017 at 7:09 AM, Yongtjunkit said:

So it's not a virus?

IT IS A VIRUS. DONT FOLLOW IT, but don't worry.

Just do a quick virus scan to be sure.