Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft

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Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft is a fake pop-up scam generated by tech scammers to trick you to call on their number and pay them to fix that pop-up.

I will explain to you about the Pornographic Virus alert from Microsoft and how you can get rid of it.

Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft pop-up will come mostly browsing any porn or dating website.

This pop-up will block your computer with a message that due to security reasons your computer has been blocked and will ask you to call on a toll-free number to fix the problem.

You might be thinking that you had an antivirus program on your computer which should detect this Virus. The answer is NO;

Antivirus can only detect Viruses or any kind of infection.

But the pop-up you got on the computer is not any Virus or any kind of Malware, it’s just a blocking pop-up which blocks your browser.

This is how the message looks like

PORNOGRAPHIC VIRUS ALERT FROM MICROSOFT
This computer has been LOCKED
Do not close this window or restart your computer without calling support
We have locked this computer for your security
you have been browsing unsafe pornographic websites.
Your computer has been infected.
Contact the Microsoft helpline to reactive your computer.
Failure to call will result in a notice being sent to your residence.
Microsoft Security Tollfree:

Microsoft Support Alert
We Have Detected A Virus From A Pornographic Website
It might corrupt your data and track your financial activities.
Please report this activity to Microsoft

There are other pop-ups and online scams as well like VIRUS ALERT FROM MICROSOFT and IRS Online Scams. Check these as well

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Is your Computer blocked too with Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft?

DONT WORRY, if you also got this message of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft on your computer, this is what you need to do.

1. You got the message now and did not call the number yet

If you also got this pop-up on your computer, then please do not call on this number. This message is not legit and is sent by the scammers to steal your money.

Keep reading the article as I will tell you how to get rid of this problem.

2. You already called the number

Possibly, you get scared seeing this message and call on the number displayed on the pop-up.

Your call gets connected to an Agent who mostly has an Asian accent, they will assure to fix this fake issue in return of some dollars.

Their money demand can be high as they scare you by saying

Your network has been compromised
You got Malware and Trojan on your computer
Your online banking and data are under risk.

You might have paid some sort of money to them around $200 to $1000 to get rid of this problem of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft, if yes make sure you perform 2 actions right now

Call your bank and cancel the charges and your card as well.
Call any local technician or legit online technician, who can clean your computer to make sure they have not left any dangerous malware or virus on your computer.

NOTE: – Steps to FIX this problem is at the bottom of this article, but we request you to read the complete article

I will share two complaints from my users who got this message of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft on their computer while visiting Dating and Porn sites.

One of the users even paid $1899.99 to these scammers.

Donna Gregory report on this scam

“We’re getting inundated with complaints,” said Donna Gregory of the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), referring to the virus known as Reveton ransomware, which is designed to extort money from its victims.

You can call our Technician as well on 1866-244-3059

Complain A:-Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft

USER: – Hello Sir, I am getting a Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft and my computer is blocked by Microsoft.

I was on a Dating site and suddenly I got this message which blocked my screen, saying my computer is infected due to some suspicious activities and it says to call on the toll-free number right now.

We already have Avast Antivirus which gave a Malware alert of IDP.Generic yesterday. I am not sure

Should I call on that number?

ME: – NO, this is a SCAM where these people will send you a fake pop-up on your browser and will trick you to get your money once you call them.

Complain B:-Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft

USER: – Hello, I am 65 years old and my computer got blocked with a message of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft.

I was on a porn website when I got this Virus, so I called on the number and I got to know that my computer was hacked and some dangerous malware came on my computer.

They remotely accessed my computer and charged me $700 to fix the issue. I still don’t feel comfortable, was it legit or scam?

ME:- I am afraid to say that you have been scammed, but don’t worry I will help you to get your money back and will secure your computer as well.

Pornographic virus alert from Apple

This fake pop-up of Pornographic Virus Alert from Apple can also appear on your IOS screen may be on your Safari, Chrome, or other browsers.

If you are an IOS user and if you are thinking that how you got this message on the IOS device as IOS devices are more secured.

Let me make it clear again, this pop-up is just normal adware send by the scammers to scare you.

Once you get scared and call on the given number, they will claim themselves from Apple and will demand some good amount to fix the issue.

How to FIX this POP-UP of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft

First, we will close this pop-up and then proceed to completely remove this pop-up from all the locations.

Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft pop-up files can be saved on browser extensions, tasks, browser homepage, etc.

First, we will close this pop-up through the task manager. Open task manager

Press Windows + R key to open RUN box
Type taskmgr on it and click ok.

Once the task manager screen is up, look for your browser on which you got this message and close it by right click on it.

Once we close the browser from the task manager, you will see that page of the warning disappeared.

So now we can relax and easily follow the brief instructions to completely remove this message of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft.

OPTIMIZE COMPUTER SETTINGS

First, we will optimize the computer settings to remove Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft

Remove Malicious and unwanted programs on Computer

WINDOWS

Open Program and Features by typing appwiz.cpl on the search box or run box.

Now you will be listed will all the programs and apps installed. Here you need to find all those programs and toolbars you don’t identify or are not in use and uninstall them.

In order to uninstall, right-click on the program and click uninstall.

MAC

Click on Finder and open Applications folder
Now you will see all the Applications installed, look for those which you don’t identify or you don’t need.

Right-click on the Apps and click on move to trash

Disable unwanted Start-up Programs

WINDOWS

Type MSConfig on the search box or on the RUN box by pressing WIN +R Key
System Configuration box will now come up, click on start-up, and then on Open Task Manager.

All the programs will now be listed, look for all those which you don’t identify or you don’t need and disable them.
Restart the computer.

MAC

Go to System preferences and then click on Users & Groups
Select your user name from the left-hand panel
Choose login items tab
Highlight the item you want to remove from the start-up
Press “-“ sign below to remove

2. Run Ad Guard

If you don’t want to waste time removing adware from the device, you can run this Adware program which will remove all the adware and infection from your device.

This Adware program will also protect your device in the future from fake pop-ups like Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft depending on your subscription.

OPTIMIZE BROWSER SETTINGS

This Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft scam pop-ups targets different browsers to display this message.

Let’s see what to do in order to fix this message of Pornographic virus alert from Apple or Microsoft.

GOOGLE CHROME

Depending on browsers we need to perform a few actions to get rid of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft on our device.

Clear Browsing Data

Locate to the 3 dots on the very right-hand top of Chrome
Look for history and click on it, a new window of History will come up

Choose Clear browsing history on the left-hand side and then on Advanced

Check all the boxes except Password and AutoFill form Data.

Change the Time range to all time and click on clear data.

Chrome Start-up settings

Locate to the 3 dots on the very right-hand top of Chrome
Look for settings and click on it, the settings window will now come up
Click on start-up, now if you find any suspicious extensions here then kindly disable or delete it.

Now click on Open a specific page or set of pages
Click on Add a new page and type your preferred URL(my preferred URL is google.com) and press Add.

Manage Search Engine Settings

Open Chrome and type chrome://settings/searchEngines on the top address bar and hit Enter
Now you will be listed with Default search Engines and Other Search Engines
You will see different websites URL here and in front of every URL, you will see 3 dots. Choose any one website to which you want to make your default like I made bing.com

To do this click on 3 dots in front of the website you want to make default and click on Make default.
Delete all other websites entries by clicking on 3 dots and then Remove from list

Optimize Chrome Extensions

You can open Extensions by clicking on 3 dots > more tools > Extensions or simply type chrome://extensions/ on the chrome address bar and hit Enter.

Extension list will now come up, look for all those you don’t identify or not required.
Click on remove and confirm again to remove these extensions.

Reset Google Chrome

Click on the 3 dots and then click on settings.
Scroll down and click on Advanced to show advanced options
Scroll down again and look for Restore settings to their original default

You will be prompted with another box of Reset settings.
Click on Reset settings

Check Chrome Target Location

Right-click on Google Chrome icon and select Properties
Check the Target and Start in boxes to make sure there is no web address in the end
Delete the exact address if you find and click OK

2. MICROSOFT EDGE

Microsoft Edge is also getting pop-up of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft again and again. Let’s see how to fix this

Clear Browsing Data

Click on the 3 dots on the very right-hand top or simply press Ctrl + H key.

Click on Clear History
Check all the boxes except AutoFill and Password

Click on Clear

Edge Start-up Settings

Open Edge settings by clicking on 3 dots at the very right-hand top
Look for Open Microsoft Edge with and set it to the specific page and put your desired URL

Delete all other URL from the list

Manage search engine settings

Click on 3 dots at the right-hand top of the Edge browser and open settings
Now click on Advanced and look for Address bar search by scrolling down.
Click on the change search provider

Now you may see multiple web address, choose the one you want to set default by clicking on set as default
Delete all other web address by clicking on the remove

Optimize Edge Extensions

Click on 3 dots at the right-hand top of the Edge browser and scroll down to open Extensions
You will now see all the extensions installed

Look for all those which you don’t identify or don’t need and uninstall it
Right-click on the extension and click on uninstall

3. SAFARI

Remove Pornographic virus alert from Apple in Safari

Clear Browsing Data and Cache

Open Safari and click on the History tab from the top menu.

Click on Clear History and close the browser.

Open Safari again and click on Develop and then on Empty Cache

Manage Search Engine settings

Open Safari and then click on Safari in the menu bar and select Preferences from the drop-down.

Now in the General tab look for Homepage and delete it
Type your desired URL now which will come up as Safari start page

Now go to the search tab and in the search engine choose your default search engine like yahoo.com or www.google.com
Next Click on Manage websites and click on remove all and click OK

Optimize Safari Extensions

Open Safari browser
Click Safari in the top menu bar and select Preferences from the drop-down menu
Now click on the Extension tab and you can now see all the extensions on the left-hand side.

Click on those extensions and then on uninstall which you don’t identify or not of use
Uninstall one by one

4. MOZILLA FIREFOX

Remove Pornographic Virus alert from Microsoft in Firefox

Clear Cache, Cookies and History of Firefox

Click the Firefox Menu button which is on the very right-hand top

Now click on the library and then look for History and click on it.

Click Clear Recent History which will display a new box, where we can choose what to clear

In the History section checks all the boxes and click on Clear now.

Reset Firefox

Type about:support in the top address bar of Firefox and hit Enter
The troubleshooting information page will now come up.

Look for Refresh Firefox and Click on it
Click Refresh Firefox again to confirm and restart the browser

Manage Search Engine

Type about:preferences in the top address bar of Firefox and hit Enter
Look for the Home tab at the left-hand side of the window
Delete all the URL mentioned

Click on the drop-down of Homepage and new windows, choose custom URL, and mention your desired URL.

Remove Firefox unwanted add-ons

Type about:addons in the top address bar and hit Enter
Now click on Extensions from the left-hand side of the window
Manage your Extensions screen will now come up and all extensions will be displayed.

Delete all the extensions you don’t identify or not of use

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Want to Know more about this SCAM

HOW TECH SUPPORT SCAMS RUN

These scammers have spoiled the reputation of Online Technical Support.

Technical support was a big relief to all senior citizens who can get their problem fixed instantly at their home at the same cost charged by the local technician.

Read consumer affair report on this Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft

Scammers started sending fake pop-ups like Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft to Microsoft users and Pornographic virus alert from Apple to Apple users.

Through these pop-ups, they trick people with fake and false dangers on their computers and charged good money to fix the problem.

Process of Fake TECH SUPPORT

This SCAM runs in a systematic order where many people are involved according to their capability and resources.

1. There are many Vendors who create these pop-ups using some ads network.

So as soon as we open those related websites we get these pop-ups on our browser.

These people use different filters while running ads such as Age, Country, and Device. People getting these pop-ups call on the given number which is redirected and sold to the people of fake Call Center.

2. In the second step, these scammers buy these calls and target to make sales by tricking people to fix this fake problem.

Frequently asked question

Question: – Does Microsoft send critical alerts?

Answer: – Microsoft will never entertain you through such kinds of pop-ups, emails, or calls.

Microsoft sends you to update alert which are required for your computer and if you use Microsoft bit defender security than it will show and run all threats and malware detected.

But never ask you to call or email

Question: – Can Microsoft block your Computer?

Answer: – Again, this is a part of the pop-up message send by these scammers where they say that Microsoft will block your Computer soon.

Microsoft Firewall and security will only warn you against any infection or threat but won’t block you.

Question: – Do Microsoft make Phone calls?

Answer: – NO, Neither Microsoft nor their partner will ever make unsolicited calls to warn for the computer security or software fix.

If someone on phone claims Microsoft or Microsoft partners, don’t entertain them, they are SCAMMERS

Question: – Are Pop-up Viruses?

Answer: – Not all pop-ups are Viruses, some pop-ups are given from legit websites for information.

but, yes many pop-ups can contain malicious software like Malware. So you need to be smart and understand what kind of pop-ups you are getting

CONCLUSION

Now you must be aware of this scam of Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft and Pornographic virus alert from Apple.

You must be aware enough now that what you need to do the next time you receive such messages or pop-ups.

Keep others informed as well by spreading this article with your friends and relatives. Your 1 attempt can save many people from getting scammed.

I tried my best to explain everything about the Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft SCAM.

If still you need some other assistance or have any information on the online scam, please mention your comment and I will write an article on it.

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