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A malicious ad in Yahoo Weather tried to hijack my computer!

A malicious ad in Yahoo Weather tried to hijack my computer! It spawned a popup with a siren and a "dire warning" audible message about how my computer was infected and I needed to purchase ransom-ware. I am savvy enough to recognize this ruse. I used Task Manager to close my browser (Google Chrome). I reloaded it and removed Yahoo from all my tabs. You need to screen your advertisers better. Shame on you! Bad Yahoo! Bad! I will stick with Google, thank you.

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  • Ray in N.B. commented  ·   ·  Report

    YOU CAN USUALLY right click browser button on task bar to close this attack ad.....hope this helps

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