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To: pabianice

Good gosh. I got the same thing and downloaded it. As it was downloading I saw this post of yours. It then said “install”.....I said NO. So far, everything is ok. I did not install it. I just ran a scan and no threats detected.

So it’s downloaded but not installed. Do you think I am ok?


26 posted on 03/17/2018 3:12:44 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: vespa300

I got the popup too and installed it and just saw this thread.


29 posted on 03/17/2018 3:29:49 PM PDT by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: vespa300; pabianice
what website were you on when you got this popup???
32 posted on 03/17/2018 3:35:02 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: vespa300

A lot of websites are wanting users to ‘allow notifications’.

From what I can tell, those are little more than advertising or information pop-up. I would suspect that nefarious sources could use that method to plant malware, etc. So far, I have denied every website request to ‘allow notifications’.

I also chuckle at websites wanting my mobile phone number — to enhance security and log-ins, of course. [Yeah, right — and to sell to spammers.]


34 posted on 03/17/2018 3:39:00 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: vespa300

Quarratine and delete it.


61 posted on 03/17/2018 5:54:12 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Life is simpler, when you plow around the stump.)
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