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Edge Browser hijack scam
Last night I got the scam where the Browser (Edge) is locked and a message pops up saying to call a number. There is a computerised voice telling me I have a problem.
I can open Explorer ok and am using it to type this. I ran AV (Defender & MBAM) but nothing came up.
I disconnected my router and went back to Edge and I seemed to be able to clear that scam page. But did not connect the modem.
Today
Connected modem & downloaded ADwcleaner. It found nothing except for the following;
Is it ok to delete this registry stuff?
***** [ Registry ] *****
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.Protector
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.Protector.1
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorBho
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorBho.1
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorLib
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorLib.1
Key Found: [x64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.Protector
Key Found: [x64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.Protector.1
Key Found: [x64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorBho
Key Found: [x64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorBho.1
Key Found: [x64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorLib
Key Found: [x64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\protector_dll.ProtectorLib.1
Key Found: [x64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C168639F-5810-4EC8-B1E8-0251AA8A771C}
***** [ Web browsers ] *****
No malicious Firefox based browser items found.
No malicious Chromium based browser items found.