Fake Amazon site, just an FYI
The tech savvy folks, will say to this, Well Duh. But for the rest of us mere mortals. An FYI If you Google amazon, you will see a listing pop-up at the top of the page, which looks exactly like th...
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winnietrey wrote:
The tech savvy folks, will say to this, Well Duh. But for the rest of us mere mortals. An FYI
If you Google amazon, you will see a listing pop-up at the top of the page, which looks exactly like the Amazon website (same URL, etc). Except that, it says AD, in the upper left hand corner. So if you are not paying attention, it can end badly, if you click on it
Website is fake, it will immediately flash a message, your computer has been infected and so on, and try to upload a virus.
And before someone asks, what does this have to do with general rving. Answer is pretty much zero. But general seems to get a lot more traffic than ATC, so I posted here
Google Amazon for yourself, you will see what I am talking about. With this exception, the fake website may only target certain states and or zip codes, I would have no knowledge
The pop-up is a plant from a previous visit to some other website. The pop-up is random and shows up later to disguise the original infected site. It is missed by many of the virus protectors and even some of the pop-up blockers. It will randomly show again sometime down the road. Clear your browser history and cache including cookies and it should go away. It is not one of the nastier ones and it seems to like chrome the best for propagating.
