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Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Firefox users are being targeted by malicious websites that display a fake warning message and then completely lock them out from using the browser. Scammers have been found actively exploiting a bug in Firefox to trick unsuspecting people into believing that their computers have been hacked. What’s more, the attack urges users to call a fraudulent support line within five minutes to avoid having their systems disabled. The poorly worded message, which has all the hallmarks of a scam, reads below: Please stop and do not close the PC… The registry key of your computer is locked. Why did we…
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