Not from Microsoft:

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-tech-support-scam-popups/

Suggest you download CCleaner- http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner - free download and run a scan, especially the registery. There are others that you should look at ADBLOCK is one I have (not 100% effective , but does the job)

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)

2. MalwareBytes as well.

Reply to packman (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 07:33 PM

Oct 2016

Rather than Adblock, use uBlock Origin, as Adblock lets people pay to get past filters.

packman

(16,296 posts)

3. Good - Changing to UBlock Origin

Reply to SwankyXomb (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 10:00 PM

Oct 2016

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

4. Malwarebytes

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 03:31 PM

Oct 2016

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

One of the best..Not 100%, nothing is, but damn good.

perry77

(11 posts)

5. It's a scam

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 08:30 PM

Mar 2017

Please be careful when you receive warning message which requires you to download a certain program or call a certain number to fix the mentioned problem. That's definitely scam.

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