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[Niall_Quinn]

Bloody hell, something has just popped up and told me that my computer has been infected with a virus or trojan agh what do I do?

Depends. Is is a system window that popped? A browser window? An AV warning? Something else?

If it's a browser window then 99% chance it's a fake message trying to get you to download a "solution" which will be the real virus or trojan. I assume you are running some sort of AV software and keeping that up to date? If not, then don't worry about viruses and trojans as you already have plenty and one more won't hurt. But assuming you take basic steps to keep these things out, force quit the browser (CTRL-ALT-DEL), select the browser and terminate it. Start the browser again, go to a different site, do you still get the warning? If yes, the quit the browser again and run an AV scan. If no then it was a fake alert.

If you already clicked that alert and downloaded something then unplug the computer, put it in a box and use a pen, paper and a telephone instead.

[Letters]

Bloody hell, something has just popped up and told me that my computer has been infected with a virus or trojan agh what do I do?

Wait for a nice chap from India to call you and offer to fix it. He'll sort you out

[Niall_Quinn]

Wait for a nice chap from India to call you and offer to fix it. He'll sort you out

Racist, sexist.

[Letters]

None of my best friends are black

[Goonermerree]

Depends. Is is a system window that popped? A browser window? An AV warning? Something else?

If it's a browser window then 99% chance it's a fake message trying to get you to download a "solution" which will be the real virus or trojan. I assume you are running some sort of AV software and keeping that up to date? If not, then don't worry about viruses and trojans as you already have plenty and one more won't hurt. But assuming you take basic steps to keep these things out, force quit the browser (CTRL-ALT-DEL), select the browser and terminate it. Start the browser again, go to a different site, do you still get the warning? If yes, the quit the browser again and run an AV scan. If no then it was a fake alert.

If you already clicked that alert and downloaded something then unplug the computer, put it in a box and use a pen, paper and a telephone instead.

I went onto my usual streaming site and was asked to plug adobe in or something, I'm a dumb ass and thought I was clicking that off, but then got the message. Nothing untoward has happened yet, like other pop up or slow browser. If I go back onto the same site the same message is there where the video should be. I just closed the browser. that time.

[Goonermerree]

Wait for a nice chap from India to call you and offer to fix it. He'll sort you out

Yeah right!

[LDG]

Bloody hell, something has just popped up and told me that my computer has been infected with a virus or trojan agh what do I do?

Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?

[GP]

I went onto my usual streaming site and was asked to plug adobe in or something, I'm a dumb ass and thought I was clicking that off, but then got the message. Nothing untoward has happened yet, like other pop up or slow browser. If I go back onto the same site the same message is there where the video should be. I just closed the browser. that time.

Sounds like you'll be fine. Best send me over your credit card numbers just to be sure.

[Goonermerree]

Sounds like you'll be fine. Best send me over your credit card numbers just to be sure.

Well I will, I'm that gullible.

[Niall_Quinn]

Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?

Shut up! You'll put all us computer bods out of business with loose talk like that.