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Uh oh! I was checking the weather at weather.com, but a scam web site popped up!
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It's apparently this one: Fox reported this to warn us of a recent scam fest:
A McAfee antivirus pop-up that appears on your computer screen is a scam using fear and panic to make you act quickly and surrender personal information.
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I scanned with Malwarebytes and Avira, who seems to know about this mal-domain.
I opened up weather.com in Edge, because of issues I have with The Weather Channel web site.
IBM owns the web division of The Weather Channel.
Unfortunately, like an incident I had with WCAX's (news, Burlington, Vermont) web site, some years ago now, I got a scareware scam website pop-up.
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Ryzen 9 5900X
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ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
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64 GB G.Skill RipJaws V F4-3200C16D-64GVK
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Sparkle Titan Arc A770 16 GB
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Alienware AW3423DWF OLED ultrawide
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Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
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eVGA Supernova 750 G3
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Corsair 275R
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VTel FTTH 1 Gb down and 1 Gb up
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PC/Desktop
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Ryzen 7 5800X3D
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Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (UEFI-BIOS version 3607)
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eVGA Supernova 650 GQ
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Like a rolling drone.
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I just went there, I didn’t experience it. Just clear you cache/cookies like it says in that article and see how you go.
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Sin-built
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
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ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
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Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
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Onboard
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5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
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All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
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Silverstone 1500
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NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
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Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
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Corsair K95 / Logitech diNovo Edge Wireless
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Logitech: G402 / G502 / Mx Masters / MX Air Cordless
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1000/400Mbps
Browser
All sorts
Antivirus
Kaspersky Premium
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I’m on a horse.
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Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build: 22631.4249
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Laptop
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LENOVO Yoga 7i EVO OLED 14" Touchscreen i5 12 Core 16GB/512GB
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Intel Core 12th Gen i5-1240P Processor (1.7 - 4.4GHz)
Memory
16GB LPDDR5 RAM
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics Processor
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Optimized with Dolby Atmos®
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QHD 2880 x 1800 OLED
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M.2 512GB
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Defender / Malwarebytes
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…still on a horse.
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The crackdown on ad blockers there, made me use what I consider lax settings on Edge!
OS
Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard
ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
Memory
64 GB G.Skill RipJaws V F4-3200C16D-64GVK
Graphics Card(s)
Sparkle Titan Arc A770 16 GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Alienware AW3423DWF OLED ultrawide
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
PSU
eVGA Supernova 750 G3
Case
Corsair 275R
Internet Speed
VTel FTTH 1 Gb down and 1 Gb up
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard
Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (UEFI-BIOS version 3607)
Memory
32 GB (2x16 GB G.Skill TridentZ Neo)
Graphics card(s)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
Hard Drives
Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB NVMe SSD
PSU
eVGA Supernova 650 GQ
Case
Fractal Focus G
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Emergency password changes are being done.
OS
Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard
ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
Memory
64 GB G.Skill RipJaws V F4-3200C16D-64GVK
Graphics Card(s)
Sparkle Titan Arc A770 16 GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Alienware AW3423DWF OLED ultrawide
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
PSU
eVGA Supernova 750 G3
Case
Corsair 275R
Internet Speed
VTel FTTH 1 Gb down and 1 Gb up
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard
Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (UEFI-BIOS version 3607)
Memory
32 GB (2x16 GB G.Skill TridentZ Neo)
Graphics card(s)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
Hard Drives
Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB NVMe SSD
PSU
eVGA Supernova 650 GQ
Case
Fractal Focus G
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In the case of Google and Microsoft, I have to see if there are any alerts down the road from either one of an unexpected login.
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Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard
ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
Memory
64 GB G.Skill RipJaws V F4-3200C16D-64GVK
Graphics Card(s)
Sparkle Titan Arc A770 16 GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Alienware AW3423DWF OLED ultrawide
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
PSU
eVGA Supernova 750 G3
Case
Corsair 275R
Internet Speed
VTel FTTH 1 Gb down and 1 Gb up
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard
Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (UEFI-BIOS version 3607)
Memory
32 GB (2x16 GB G.Skill TridentZ Neo)
Graphics card(s)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
Hard Drives
Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB NVMe SSD
PSU
eVGA Supernova 650 GQ
Case
Fractal Focus G
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