Malware Alert

Dragon Drop · Apr 22, 2025

About 15 minutes ago, a popup began appearing on my screen. I kept clicking it off, and it kept appearing again and again, like every 30 seconds. It said things like "You are infected with 14 viruses" or similar scary messages -- different words each time -- and told me to "click here" to scan, or to check, or to fix, etc. It was full of red banners and exclamation points -- the phoniest thing I ever saw. I have no doubt that it was carrying a virus, or a "Trojan" or something that would have infected me if I had clicked it. The name "kurepos.co.in" appeared in it, so I used the "disable notifications" feature, giving that name, and the popups finally stopped. I'm just letting everybody know that if you see that popup, beware!

neemobeer · Apr 22, 2025

Can you post a screenshot? Was this in a browser?

Without seeing the popup I would suspect what you're seeing is scareware.
Often it's in the form of an ad or part of a webstie, but it can also be an installed form of malware. The goal is to get you to pay money for a non-existent problem.

neemobeer · Apr 22, 2025

Info on scareware

Scareware: Definition Examples & How to Prevent It | CrowdStrike

Scareware is a type of malware attack that directs the user to download or buy malicious software to resolve a fake problem. Learn more here!

www.crowdstrike.com

Jacee · Apr 22, 2025

Thia is a scam. You can read about it here: kurepos.co.in Reviews: Is this site a scam or legit?

Dragon Drop · Apr 22, 2025

I can't take a screenshot since it's gone now. It wasn't in a browser. It just popped up in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, and it stayed "on top" of all other windows that I opened. If I clicked the X to close it, it would just disappear for a few seconds and then pop up again. There's no doubt that it was malware of some kind.

Jacee · Apr 22, 2025

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oldschool · Apr 22, 2025

Dragon Drop said:
I can't take a screenshot since it's gone now. It wasn't in a browser. It just popped up in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, and it stayed "on top" of all other windows that I opened. If I clicked the X to close it, it would just disappear for a few seconds and then pop up again. There's no doubt that it was malware of some kind.

Re-starting your machine will usually eliminate these.

Dragon Drop · Apr 22, 2025

Thanks, Jacee. I hadn't yet seen your replies when I posted the above. I'll do a scan now.

Dragon Drop · Apr 22, 2025

Oldschool: No, re-starting did NOT eliminate this one!

gunrunnerjohn · Apr 22, 2025

I haven't seen one of those in years, my grandson last had that bite him a few years ago.

idgat · Apr 22, 2025

Dragon Drop said:
I kept clicking it off,

N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o (but too late by the sound of it!!)

Dragon Drop said:
the phoniest thing I ever saw

Then why click it??

What antimalware are you running?
Check Startup programs (Task manager > Startup)
Check Task Manager running Processes and App history (right-click > Properties)
Search for kurepos in the registry, especially Run, RunOnce and RunNotification (altho these types of invasion are wont to disguise their program name as something different to what the product appears

But I await MWB scan results .....

antspants · Apr 22, 2025

Pop over to eset and do a scan (on-line)

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Bree · Apr 22, 2025

Dragon Drop said:
I used the "disable notifications" feature, giving that name, and the popups finally stopped....

Dragon Drop said:
It wasn't in a browser. It just popped up in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, and it stayed "on top" of all other windows that I opened.

That is called a Push Notification. They can be useful, such as enabling push notifications from Eleven Forums in your preferences:
https://www.elevenforum.com/account/preferences

...or from the Weather app.

They can come from your browser, as the Eleven Forum ones . Or a scam one if you've been tricked into letting a scam site send them.

They can also be used for fun, as in this harmless joke example:

xkcd: Push Notifications

xkcd.com

glasskuter · Apr 22, 2025

I have seen these popups being nothing but irritation but I have also seen them to be actual malware infections that none of my efforts could clean.
If MWB found nothing, I would delete all browsers' cache, disable browser add-ons and restart browser. If that doesn't do it, I run the following tools,, restarting after each one to check if the problem still exists. RUN THE TOOLS AS ADMINISTRATOR. Remove anyhing that any of the tools finds

1. Run RKill to terminate any malicious processes before running each of the tools... This link will automatically download RKILL renamed as iExplore.exe)
Downloading RKill

2. Run Adwarecleaner AdwCleaner 2025 - Free Adware Cleaner & Removal Tool | Malwarebytes

3. Hitman Pro -.It has a 30 day free trial. HitmanPro and HitmanPro.Alert. Advanced Malware Scanning, Detection and Removal Tools.

4. Run RogueKiller Free Virus Cleaner | RogueKiller AntiMalware • Adlice Software

If you're unable to remove the malware or are concerned about the extent of the infection, a clean install of your operating system can be a necessary step as a last resort.

Chef Duane · Apr 22, 2025

... had the same thing happen a few months ago. Run whatever malware/spyware you have with complete scans and then do a restart. Should go away. Mine did and they haven't returned.

rk911 · Apr 22, 2025

Dragon Drop said:
I can't take a screenshot since it's gone now. It wasn't in a browser. It just popped up in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, and it stayed "on top" of all other windows that I opened. If I clicked the X to close it, it would just disappear for a few seconds and then pop up again. There's no doubt that it was malware of some kind.

I've been the recipient of one or two of those over the years. I just do an ordely shut down, wait a few minutes, do a re-start and then run Defender and the other anti-malware suites i have. None have identified any malware.

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