Question posted by carlamoore31 on April 20th, 2016

Getting A Pop Up That Says *system Alert*

Your computer is infected with a adware or malware causing you to see this pop-up

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on April 20th, 2016 9:17 AM
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This is a scam, to be ignored.

There are free scanning programs that will uncover real vulnerabilities, if any, such as http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx and https://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/.


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