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HappyLittleTree's picture

Submitted by HappyLittleTree on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 8:01pm

I've noticed since I've been back that a few of the ads are actually fake virus warnings. Does anyone else get that? I'll be minding my own business reading a blog and up pops an ad that says I have 4 viruses on my phone. I know it's an ad because it normally goes through 3 or for pages amd the first one is always "adclicker" or similar.

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Willow2010's picture

Submitted by Willow2010 on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 7:17am

ARRGGG!! It is the SAME thing on my phone!

I was going to have my IT guy look at it. I cant get it off unless I get completely out of the site and then get back in. It is driving me bonkers! Any way to get it to stop?

HappyLittleTree's picture

Submitted by HappyLittleTree on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 12:16pm

I just go to a different blog or page but it happens so often I just leave the site and come back later. It also makes it hard to post anything long.

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Submitted by thinkthrice on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 11:34am

If you do get a fake virus warning and to call some 800 number, If you are using edge as a browser you can simply close that tab.

If you are using IE11, you can just delete the metadata for that date:

c:\users\[your profile]\appdata\local\Microsoft\internet explorer\domstore

For firefox:

C:\Users\[your profile]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[file with today's date]\storage\permanent\chrome