Hi! For some months now, some of the websites we are sent to in order to download our chosen ebook have pop-up pages that pretend to be Windows but obviously are not-- and I checked with Microsoft to verify that fact; they have nothing to do with Windows. These fake Windows pages lock (or try to lock) your computer, supposedly to prevent damage; obviously their real purpose is to create panic in the victim over the apparently locked computer and to cause the victim-- in desperation and against their better judgment-- to call the phone number provided to 'get support' to unlock their computer, a call which clearly will cost them some money (how much I can only speculate on).
Most of these fake Windows pages can easily be closed, though some require a little more effort. However, yesterday I encountered one that was much more sophisticated-- it eliminated many of my defensive options, and forced me to use the keyboard to summon the Task Manager in order to close my browser.
Now I'm concerned about what an even more sophisticated ransomware attack might do. So I am writing to ask the management of Mobilism to please take the following action-- any of the ebook downloading websites that permit any of these fake Windows ransomware pages to operate should be banned. Or, failing that, Mobilism users should be informed as to exactly which websites are allowing this pernicious malware to operate-- it's only a few, so it shouldn't be hard to quickly identify them all.
But really, I can't imagine why Mobilism has tolerated or would continue to tolerate such an awful situation!
Most of these fake Windows pages can easily be closed, though some require a little more effort. However, yesterday I encountered one that was much more sophisticated-- it eliminated many of my defensive options, and forced me to use the keyboard to summon the Task Manager in order to close my browser.
Now I'm concerned about what an even more sophisticated ransomware attack might do. So I am writing to ask the management of Mobilism to please take the following action-- any of the ebook downloading websites that permit any of these fake Windows ransomware pages to operate should be banned. Or, failing that, Mobilism users should be informed as to exactly which websites are allowing this pernicious malware to operate-- it's only a few, so it shouldn't be hard to quickly identify them all.
But really, I can't imagine why Mobilism has tolerated or would continue to tolerate such an awful situation!