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'Microsoft 360 Security Warning' Pop-Ups

Posted: June 25, 2018

The 'Microsoft 360 Security Warning' pop-ups are fraudulent browser messages whose contents usually have the objective of scaring the users into thinking that their computers have become the target of malware, hackers, or other cybercriminal activity. The good news is that seeing the 'Microsoft 360 Security Warning' pop-ups in your Web browser doesn't mean that you are infected by malware, and it simply means that you have stumbled upon a corrupted page that is meant to promote these pop-ups to trick users into calling a fake technical support team phone line.

It seems that the group of fraudsters behind the the 'Microsoft 360 Security Warning' pop-ups are using a broad range of domains to promote their fraudulent scheme. Malware researchers were able to identify over ten separate pages used to host the the 'Microsoft 360 Security Warning' pop-ups:

  • pc[.]error122733441235ausmsauthcombof7666[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • pc[.]error122733447730afrmscomborbclf8391[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft4035yfrmschs0130[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft73001abgmschf0413[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft770025ydemsffs7247[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft770085yfrmsrbcls6214[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft78070yfrmsrbchs9670[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft78110yfrmsrbchs9670[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/?mid=
  • support[.]microsoft78190yfrmsrbchs9670[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft8058afrmsrbchf9671[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
  • support[.]microsoft8070yfrmsrbchs9670[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/?cid=
  • support[.]microsoft83060yesmsffs6176[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/?mid=176
  • support[.]microsoft9100yfrmsrbchs9670[.]com.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/?cid=

The most effectual way to make sure that you will never fall victim to a technical support tactic like the one associated with the 'Microsoft 360 Security Warning' pop-ups is to remember that website pop-ups are not a credible source of information regarding your computer's health and security. Any browser pop-up, which claims to contain information about a virus infection or a hacking attempt is guaranteed to be fake, and you should not follow the instructions that it provides.

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