How to react when Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups shows up?
The appearance of Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups does not necessarily mean that your system is at risk. Although, it means that you have accidentally installed a piece of adware program which display fraudulent alerts on your computer screen. Usually, these pop-ups seeking to frighten you and also convince you to get in touch with the tech support online scammers, who deceptively claim that they are legit “Microsoft Technicians”. It includes such lines: “***Your Computer Has Been Blocked***” with an error code “Error #36589627d866a6b”. Later, the displayed message states that the system might be compromised by a malicious virus.
Most importantly, you should know that all the words shown in Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups are completely made up by the cyber crooks and you'll not a find a single statement in those warning messages. This type of adware displays the same alert notification to every PC users who mistakenly installs it. The main of these infections is to scare the computer users by repetitively mentioning the error message. Besides, it will display a toll-free number “1-877-766-2214” and urge the computer users to call onto it, in order to get the tech support from so-called Microsoft Technicians. Its associated application is especially programmed to modify user's Internet settings and reroute them to phishing web portals like “hstcdnbst.men” and other compromised domains.
Reasons To Avoid Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups
No matter what, do not try to call on the provided toll-free number, or you'll only call the online tech support scammers, who are always ready to scare you even more and misguide you paying for the useless services. These scammers usually tends to take the advantage of inexperienced system users and convince them to purchase rogue applications, which provide them remote access to the infected machine. Sometimes, the scammers behind Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups ask for the credit card details, too. In case, if your PC has been infected with the adware program which responsible for displaying such threatening messages on your computer's screen, then RMV security researchers strongly recommend you to ignore all the displayed warning alerts or notifications and eliminate the threat from machine as soon as possible. Fro that, we suggest using a credible anti-spyware scanner mentioned below in this article.
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Learn To Remove Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups Using Manual Methods
Phase 1 : Show Hidden Files To Delete Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups Related Files And Folders
1. For Windows 8 or 10 Users : From the Ribbon’s View in My PC click on Options icon.
2. For Windows 7 or Vista Users : Open My Computer and tap on Organize button on the upper left corner and then to Folder and Search Options from the drop down menu.
3. Now go to the View tab and enable Show hidden files and folder options and then uncheck the Hide protected system operating files checkbox option below.
4. Finally look for any suspicious files in the hidden folders as given below and delete it.
- %AppData%\[adware_name]
- %Temp%\[adware_name]
- %LocalAppData%\[adware_name].exe
- %AllUsersProfile%random.exe
- %CommonAppData%\[adware_name]
Phase 2 : Get Rid of Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups Related Extensions Related From Different Web Browsers
From Chrome :
1. Click on Menu icon, hover through More Tools then tap on Extensions.
2. Now click on Trash icon on the extensions tab there next to suspicious extensions to remove it.
From Internet Explorer :
1. Click on Manage add-ons option from the drop down menu on going through Gear icon.
2. Now if you find any suspicious extension in the Toolbars and Extensions panel then right click on it and Delete option to remove it.
From Mozilla Firefox :
1. Tap on Add-ons on going through Menu icon.
2. In the Extensions tab click on Disable or Remove button next to Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups related extensions to remove them.
From Opera :
1. Press Opera menu, hover to Extensions and then select Extensions manager there.
2. Now if any browser extension looks suspicious to you then click on (X) button to remove it.
From Safari :
1. Click Preferences… on going through Settings Gear icon.
2. Now on Extensions tab click on Uninstall button to remove it.
From Microsoft Edge :
Note:–As there is no option for Extension Manager in Microsoft Edge so in order to sort out issues related with adware programs in MS Edge you can change its default homepage and search engine.
Change Default Homepage of Ms Edge –
1. Click on More(…) followed by Settings and then to Start page under Open With section.
2. Now select View advanced settings button and then in Search in the address bar with section, you can select Google or any other homepage as your preference.
Change Default Search Engine Settings of Ms Edge –
1. Select More(…) then Settings followed by View advanced settings button.
2. Under Search in the address bar with box click on <Add new>. Now you can choose from the available list of search providers or add you preferred search engine and click Add as default.
Phase 3 : Block Unwanted Pop-ups from Microsoft Official Support System Pop-ups On Different Web Browsers
1. Google Chrome : Click Menu icon → Settings → Show advanced settings… → Content Settings… under Privacy section → enable Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended) option → Done.
2. Mozilla Firefox : Tap on Menu icon → Options → Content panel → check Block pop-up windows in Pop-ups section.
3. Internet Explorer : Click Gear Settings icon → Internet Options → in Privacy tab enable Turn on Pop-up Blocker under Pop-up Blocker Section.
4. Microsoft Edge : Press More(…) option → Settings → View advanced settings → toggle on Block pop-ups.
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