Try System Mechanic for 30 days free. After that, it's $4.99 per month. Remember when you could surf the web without being barraged by one pop-up ad after another? Between ”Congratulations! You’ve won ...

CHARLOTTE — Maybe it’s happened to you. You’re working on your computer when, all of a sudden, there’s a pop-up. A strange voice then offers to help, but that could be when the real danger starts.

ROACH HAS HAD A SPOT THIS SCAM IN THIS CASE A 71 YEAR OLD LANCASTER COUNTY MAN LOST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AFTER GETTING A POP UP MESSAGE ON HIS COMPUTER. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, THE MESSAGE ...

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We've all been on our phone or laptop when, suddenly, a pop-up ad tells us "congratulations" or warns us about some "urgent" problem with our computer. Most of us now recognize these as scams, and try ...

ATLANTA — Criminals impersonating computer antivirus programs are using scary tactics to gain access to your information and money. Channel 2 Consumer Adviser Clark Howard warns never to click on a ...

After a New Castle man lost almost $19,000 in a technical support scam, Pennsylvania State Police are advising the public on what to look out for so they can avoid falling victim to similar scammers.

Pop Bubbles Ads is a browser hijacker program from the Adware.BrowseFox family that hijacks your browser's default search engine and installs addons and extensions that inject advertisements in web ...

Stacia Gates was on her computer one day when something strange happened. “This pop-up came up and it said it was from Microsoft,” she described. Her Microsoft computer immediately froze, and the ...

In today’s digital age, it’s not uncommon to be on the receiving end of some unsolicited and potentially malicious online advice. Take, for instance, the concern raised by "Barbara," who reached out ...

Q: In your column last month, a reader asked whether anyone else had encountered a problem with their computer screen going all red and a security alarm popping up, along with a voice saying their ...

The annoyance of computer screen pop-ups lasts long after they have disappeared or been closed, research has found. Although they might stay on the screen for just a few seconds, pop-ups make us lose ...