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Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft is a fake security warning. Its goal is to rope people into a tech support scam. It tries to scare people by threatening them that their computer and their files are in immediate danger.

The scammers responsible for the Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft scam seek to get access to your computer, pretend to fix it, and then charge you money.

Tech support scams like Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft are dangerous in many ways: they cost time and money, they cause stress, and they might even cause private information to be stolen by fraudsters and scammers.

Seeing the Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft site regularly could indicate that something malicious is in your computer. However, seeing the pop-up doesn’t mean that your computer is infected. This is just a fake, malicious ad.

Don’t be alarmed by the Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft ad – it can be ignored safely. Even if there is a virus on your device, Microsoft will not lock or block your computer. A real, competent antivirus program would be able to remove viruses and then let you get on with your day. It would do that without employing scary, dishonest language and it wouldn’t try to take away control of your computer the way that Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft tries.

How Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft works

Name	Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft, Microsoft Support Alert.
Cause	Malicious ads, adware viruses.
Possible harm	Stress, lost time, lost money, computer exposed to malicious actors.
Signs that the alert is fake	It is a website, unlike real virus alerts, it tries to scare you and it orders you to do things.
Solution	Ignore the warning and close the browser tab, avoid malicious websites, check your computer for adware (Spyhunter, Malwarebytes, etc.).

Fake Microsoft page

Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft is displayed on a website that looks like a Microsoft page, including the Microsoft logo and menu.

However, Microsoft is not affiliated with the page at all (in fact, Microsoft helped arrest some scammers). Scammers are using Microsoft’s name to lend the warning some legitimacy so that people take it seriously.

The Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft warns people to “not close this window or restart your computer without calling support”. It plays an audio recording of a computer-generated voice reading out the same text that the alert displays.

We have locked this computer for your security
You have been browsing unsafe pornographic websites.
Your computer has been infected.
Contact the Microsoft helpline to reactive your computer.
Failure to call will result in a notice being sent to your residence.

It also gives a phone number to contact the scammers. The people behind Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft really want you to call them.

Real virus alerts never ask you to call a phone number.

Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft is similar to the other fake warnings, like ERROR # ER36dx9832(3), Error #268D3 Scam, and “Critical alert from Microsoft”. They have similarly constructed pages and the same way of operating.

Individual scam pages get shut down all the time. Unfortunately, Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft and other scams are still around, getting uploaded on new websites. This must mean that this “business” is lucrative. Indeed, according to a Microsoft report, people still lose money to tech support scams – even the people who believe that they’re skilled with a computer. We are all vulnerable.

How the Virus Alert From Microsoft spreads

Spoofed websites (fake sites; sites that pretend to be other sites) are created for pages like Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft. Sometimes, they show fake windows for antivirus programs and you can even drag them around the window. They are easy to create and no special tools are required.

The more complicated part is promoting these sites online.

Malicious ads can be used. Clicking on a dishonest ad could immediately link to one of these scam Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft websites. Ads like this are unlikely to be shown by good-quality advertising networks, but they might show up on shady sites whose owners are not choosy about where their ad revenue comes from (e.g. pirating sites often show really bad ads).

Adware is another way that Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft is promoted is adware. Adware are programs that display ads as their main feature. Some adware can open new browser windows and tabs without asking your permission, as well as inject ads into webpages.

How to avoid tech support scams

How to tell that Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft is fake

Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft has no truth to it – it’s just trying to scare people.

The warning might look and sound authentic, but it certainly is not. The sort of language that is used in the text of Virus Alert From Microsoft can show you how it’s fake.

• First, there is no way for Virus Alert From Microsoft to know if there actually are any viruses on your computer, or what kind of website those viruses could be from. It’s a website, it can’t see inside your computer.
• “Pornographic virus” is not a thing. It’s just a term that’s meant to make people too shy to seek advice about this warning. “Virus” is a generic term for various dangerous malware, but “pornographic” is meant to make you hesitant to speak to others about Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft, as we don’t often discuss explicit topics with strangers.
  Sure, some pornographic sites contain poor-quality advertisements, but a real antivirus program wouldn’t care about where malicious software came from.
• Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft says that your computer is “locked”, but Microsoft does not block, lock, or deactivate computers when their antivirus tools detect malware. Windows never displays phone numbers in its warnings, and the operating system is not going to deactivate itself even if a really serious virus has infected the computer.
• The Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft alert threatens to send a notice to your residence if you ignore it. But Microsoft doesn’t send notices to people’s residences, certainly not for being infected with a virus. Microsoft might offer support, but they won’t require you to accept it.

Overall, the Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft alert is just too dramatic. Real antivirus programs just delete the malware and then notify you about having protected you.

How to remove malicious ads

Close the Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft

Since the Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft is fake, there is probably no virus on your computer and thus, nothing to remove.

If your browser is locked by Virus Alert From Microsoft is being displayed, you can use the guide about how to quit malicious processes or our guide on fixing locked browser issues in order to close it.

Remove adware

It’s good to learn how you ended up on Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft in the first place so that you can avoid it happening again.

If you found it thanks to ads, then the websites that you visit probably don’t care about their visitors’ security. Sites like that make it difficult to avoid their ads. They promote malicious sites, such as phishing sites, automatic downloads of files, miners… Consider switching to a different site or getting an ad blocker.

If it was adware that lead to Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft, remove it. If you are not sure, use an antivirus program, like Spyhunter, Malwarebytes, or others.

Protect your information

But what if you already contacted the scammers behind Pornographic Virus Alert From Microsoft and followed some of their instructions?

• Disconnect the internet and remove all the software that they told you to install.
• Scan your computer to make sure it’s clean.
• Reset your passwords.
• If you gave your payment information to scammers, watch your bank account. Contact your bank if needed and tell them what happened.

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