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Strange Message While Surfing Internet

mr__ed
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Explorer
I hadn't experienced this before: I was on the Internet when out of the blue a message appeared on my screen with an 800 number and a female voice informing me that my computer had a virus and to call that number for assistance in removing it. Of course, I didn't act on the message I'm running Bitdefender security on Windows 10, so I ran a scan and a 2 objects were detected and removed. So far, so good. I just installed Bitdefender security today. I was running Norton before and thought it was OK but after upgrading to W10 Norton kept informing my that I had to activate he program. I had trouble doing that because it was supposedly already activated wen I first purchased it last year. So on a whim I thought I'd try another program. Bitdefender had good reviews so I went with that program.
Mr. Ed (fulltiming since 1987)
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sch911
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Explorer
You did good. But you should be more careful about the sites you're visiting. When I see something like that I immediately reboot.
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2oldman
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Explorer II
What browser?
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