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Thanks. Good to know.
Read more: https://blogs.rsa.com/browser-locked-call-this-number/A new form of browser locker has recently surfaced. Browser-lockers are websites or pop-ups that redirect the browser to a website that locks-up the browser. The user is prevented from continuing any normal operation including closing the offending browser window, opening a new page, or closing the application itself.
This new browser locker calls itself Microsoft Official Support as seen in Figure 1. Of course, this page is in no way related to or endorsed by Microsoft.
Lol, been seeing those for the last week or so I guess. Real pita because you have to call up task manager to close the browser. Been hit on F.F., Opera, and Maxthon. As the article said, very easy to terminate via task manager but you lose all your tabs.
The reason why I dumped Defender and installed Avira free.
Is this caused by a hijacked webpage (or link on a webpage) or is something downloaded to your PC?