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Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 04:00 PM Nov 2021

I got hit with a Microsoft warning that told me not to turn off my computer [View all]

and something else, but I forget that warning. I didn't trust that it was Microsoft and unplugged the computer. I finally got back on and am running Malwarebytes to see if there is anything left behind, but I saw a site listed on Microsoft Edge that is titled "Security Center Code0x268d3" but didn't want to click on it in the event it was a hack.

This Microsoft warning popped up when I clicked on Paula Deen's website for peanut brittle recipes. I haven't had that happen for years and didn't know if it was from the hacker or from Microsoft.

Am I in deep trouble? How do I know the hack isn't still on the computer? Is there something else I can do?

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Install a good ad blocker ItsjustMe Nov 2021 #1
Quite a while ago wryter2000 Nov 2021 #2
I think you did the right thing. padfun Nov 2021 #3
IMO, you should clear your browser cache. Eyeball_Kid Nov 2021 #4
I think this was all probably a benign Windows update canetoad Nov 2021 #5
No, I remember now that it also said this site was not secure. Frustratedlady Nov 2021 #21
Ahhhhhh canetoad Nov 2021 #22
Of course it wouldn't let me close out or delete, which alarmed me. Frustratedlady Nov 2021 #23
Javascript off Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #6
I never see notices like that unless I'm restarting my computer to install updates. House of Roberts Nov 2021 #7
Windows and Mac allow some powerful blocking in a file called the hosts file Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #8
I don't know about your computer leftieNanner Nov 2021 #9
That would be great. I've had a recipe for years, but recently downsized and have no idea Frustratedlady Nov 2021 #12
My Pleasure leftieNanner Nov 2021 #15
Thank you! It sounds like my old one. The woman who gave it to me, Frustratedlady Nov 2021 #17
A marble slab would be great leftieNanner Nov 2021 #19
Microsoft never contacts individual users. patphil Nov 2021 #10
This. I used to get this message when I was trying to bootleg movies. (I don't do that Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #16
Thank you. I've never used Norton Power Eraser, but will give it a try. Frustratedlady Nov 2021 #18
I think I know what the something else was that you forgot. taxi Nov 2021 #11
LOL! Frustratedlady Nov 2021 #13
Thanks to everyone for their comments! I've worked since then trying to empty what I could. Frustratedlady Nov 2021 #14
I got something weird like that on my IPad that my Microsoft software had a problem kimbutgar Nov 2021 #20
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