Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.mobile.android > #33336

New? Fake? Virus/malware alert

Show all headers | View raw

I found a TV program on a Web site using my Linux desktop machine and 
sent the link to my Android phone, but when I clicked on the link I got 
a popup including the name "secure.thegossipclub.com" that warned my 
phone was in danger of having everything on it wiped out within 5 
minutes (and a countdown timer started running). There was a link to 
download some "security software" that would prevent this disaster.

Instead of clicking on the link, I powered off the phone, but when I 
powered it up again and started Chrome I got the same popup. I tried 
twice more with the same result. I thought of uninstalling Chrome, but 
that was not possible, so I clicked on "uninstall updates," which in 
fact uninstalled the current version of Chrome then installed the 
original factory-fresh version. Then I did the update again, and I no 
longer get that popup.

I suspect that something nasty would have happened if I *had* clicked on 
the link to download the alleged "security software".

I Googled that name "secure.thegossipclub.com" but found nothing.

Perce

Back to comp.mobile.android | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

New? Fake? Virus/malware alert "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-08-14 08:17 -0400
  Re: New? Fake? Virus/malware alert VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-14 17:27 -0500

csiph-web