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Need help to remove malware

#1 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:17 am

I was trying to find a service manual for my car and apparently one of the sites I went to infected my computer with some sort of malware.

I'm getting an uncloseable pop up telling me to call 1-844-307-0971.

I found some instructions online, but there is no application on the list of installed applications that matches.

Windows 7 Professional.
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#2 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:26 am

Never mind.

It appears that Chrome fixed itself.
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Re: Need help to remove malware

#3 Post by Estonut » Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:59 pm

It still wouldn't hurt to download the free version of Malwarebytes and run a scan. They also offer a paid version which will actively prevent you from downloading any future malware.
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#4 Post by Bob78164 » Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:27 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:I was trying to find a service manual for my car and apparently one of the sites I went to infected my computer with some sort of malware.

I'm getting an uncloseable pop up telling me to call 1-844-307-0971.

I found some instructions online, but there is no application on the list of installed applications that matches.

Windows 7 Professional.
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Re: Need help to remove malware

#5 Post by Bob Juch » Sat Sep 03, 2016 10:51 am

http://blog.removevirusnow.org/1-844-307-0971-removal/

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