Phishing, Scam, Social Engineering, Fraud

'YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED' pop-up is a scam and, therefore, if you encounter this error message, uninstall all recently-installed and/or suspicious applications immediately. Thus, the presence of data-tracking apps on your system can lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. The information is shared with cooperating third party companies who misuse personally identifiable details to generate revenue. Furthermore, adware-type applications gather various data that might be personally identifiable, including IP addresses, website URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries, geo-location, language, browser/operating system types, etc. In addition, some lead to malicious sites that contain infectious content - clicking them is risky and might cause further computer infections. These apps often claim to provide a number of 'valuable features' in order to trick users to install.Īfter system infiltration, adware generates various intrusive advertisements (for example, banners, pop-ups, coupons, interstitial, search, and other similar ads) that often conceal underlying content of visited websites, thereby significantly diminishing the web browsing experience. 'YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED' is promoted via various adware-type applications. This virus is very similar to the previously-distributed scam, ' Your Browser Has Been Blocked'. Users are often tricked into believing that this message is legitimate, however, it is a scam. The message encourages users to contact technical support via a telephone number provided. The 'YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED' message states that the computer has been infected with various viruses/malware and that private data (Facebook Login, Credit Card Details, Email Account Login, etc.) has been stolen.

What is 'YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED'?

Microsoft spam filter malfunction