1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups

1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups are fake alerts that try to convince users there is something wrong with their system. The notifications may claim someone hacked into the computer and could be trying to steal sensitive information from it. To solve this, the messages may ask to enter a computer’s username and password and to call Microsoft's technical support. Needless to say, the given telephone number (1-844-665-5111) connects not with Microsoft’s technicians, but with scammers. Such people could try to persuade you to pay for their services or buy expensive tools from them. Therefore, if you notice such alerts, we recommend getting rid of them at once. This task could be a little complicated, as our researchers say 1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups may reaper no matter what you press, including the X button. To learn more about these fake alerts we advise reading the rest of our report. Also, if you need any help while removing them, you should check our provided instructions too.

First of all, let us start from why you might be seeing 1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups. Our researchers say they should appear after being redirected to a site called wayservice.xyz. We believe users could be redirect to it by malicious applications hiding on their system. Also, it is quite possible the redirection could happen after interacting with unreliable advertising content, notifications from malicious websites, etc. Thus, to avoid such threats, we recommend keeping the system clean as well as staying away from unreliable websites and avoiding clicking untrustworthy pop-ups/alerts. Your browsing application might be able to warn you about questionable content. Since the amount of potentially dangerous websites is always increasing, it is important you update your browsing application whenever possible because it might not only improve it, but also expand its list of unreliable web pages. Same should go for your chosen antimalware tool as it might be able to recognize much more threats if you always keep it up to date.

There are quite a few variations of 1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups. Our researchers say they may even differ depending on the user’s browser. For example, if you surf the Internet with Google Chrome, you may get redirected to wayservice.xyz/chrome_win (fake Microsoft website), where you might receive a fake alert saying: “VIRUS ALERT FROM MICROSOFT. This computer is BLOCKED. Do not close this window and restart your computer.” Moreover, the notification might even say that the computer is using pirated operating system and it is hacked. To unblock the computer, the fake alert ought to ask to call Microsoft Security with a toll-free telephone number. Needless to say, calling it could actually cost quite a lot. Not to mention, it might result in talking with scammers pretending to be from technical support. Hackers responsible for 1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups could try to convince you to give remote access to the system, to buy their software or services, etc. Agreeing into any of this could end up hazardously, as scammers could install malware on the computer or sell you useless/overpriced tools.

The best course of action after coming across 1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups is to get rid of them at once. For your privacy’s and computer’s safety, you should not call the given number or insert any information into these fake alerts. Some of them could ask for your password and login name. Revealing such information to hackers could end up badly, so it is best to ignore what 1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups recommend. Closing them might not be easy as no matter if you click “Ok” or “X,” the fake alerts might keep coming back. This is why our researchers say it would be best to kill the affected browser’s process and not to recover any tabs once you launch it again. The instructions located below will explain how to close your browser forcefully, so if you need any help with that, you should follow them. Afterwards, we highly recommend scanning the system with a reliable antimalware tool to make sure the system is clean. Of course, if you suspect which websites or pop-ups redirected you to the fake alert, you should not interact with such content ever again.

Get rid of 1-844-665-5111 Pop-Ups

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
2. Select Task Manager.
3. Navigate to the Processes tab.
4. Find your browser’s process and select it.
5. Then click the End Task button.
6. Close Task Manager.
7. Open your browser again without restoring the last session.