Neither Microsoft nor Intel have people watching the Internet to help you with your problems.Why do I need an app, paid for by a bunch of dot-com incubator and angel money, to install other apps for me? I can script that myself in batch or powershell. Never let any of these scammers remote into your computer. You are pretty safe closing the tab with the X in the tab, but you might want to just close the browser entirely. Just because there is an X in the upper right, doesn't mean it will act properly and close. The Cancel button could actually mean ' Download and install'.

Remember, they are potentially miscreants out to get you.

One of the problems with these scams is that you cannot trust the symbols on the pop-up to do what they say. Your Antivirus also should be updated from within the program itself, never from a pop-up on a website.īut, you might ask, what if I see an advertisement for a nifty keen USB combination flash drive and flashlight, plus USB to Bluetooth converter and bird bath? Then open a new tab and do a search and go to a trusted online retailer and try to find such an item. It is better to let Ninite Updater handle it with you. Flash could be manually updated by going to, but you will need to be sure and uncheck all the boxes for add-on crap they try to force on you. You can update manually from their Help / About menu. You will not be required to go somewhere to do it. Cliqz, Chrome, and Firefox will also update themselves. Those of you with Ninite Updater, which should be everyone, use Ninite to handle updates to Chrome, Firefox, and Flash.

Never click on ANY online advertisement.

This scam is also run for Chrome, Flash and other software you have.

Update any software from a message like the Firefox Scam below.

Respond to ANY advertisement you find online.

The single worst thing a person can do online is to respond to any advertisement, or warning message asking you to do something, update something, buy something or fix something. Security Internet Mobile Business Hardware Fun

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