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7. I never see notices like that unless I'm restarting my computer to install updates.

Sun Nov 28, 2021, 04:29 PM

Nov 2021

Since I have deliberately enacted the restart, I don't worry about it.

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I got hit with a Microsoft warning that told me not to turn off my computer [View all] Frustratedlady Nov 2021 OP

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 don't know about your computer leftieNanner Nov 2021 #9

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

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