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Just been sat here looking at another forum when my screen was taken over by what appeared to be a message from Windows telling me that I had just won today's offer of a free iPhone 7. Now apart from the fact that I don't want an iPhone, what is going on? Is this legit or have I been hacked in someway? I closed it down pronto but should I be worried?
 
Malware on your computer. Get an anti malware software and scan your PC to see what it finds
 
Websites can get browsers to send you messages, which the browser does using the windows API, so might have been that.
Also, the http request header tells the site what OS you're running, so it could've been a crafted iframe meant to look like a windows system message.

It's unethical behaviour, so a malware scan might be a good idea in case they were doing other naughty stuff.
 
Thanks. I have Malware Bytes and that is all clear. It did block something earlier on, out of the blue. No idea what that was.
 
Tori_T said:
Websites can get browsers to send you messages, which the browser does using the windows API, so might have been that.
Also, the http request header tells the site what OS you're running, so it could've been a crafted iframe meant to look like a windows system message.
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All that's a bit above my pay grade!!!

It looked real, but out of the blue? No! I suspected immediately that it was hooky so closed it down and certainly didn't click on anything in there. iPhone 7 is a bit old now, isn't it? I thought we were on 10.
 
mickledore said:
All that's a bit above my pay grade!!!

It looked real, but out of the blue? No! I suspected immediately that it was hooky so closed it down and certainly didn't click on anything in there. iPhone 7 is a bit old now, isn't it? I thought we were on 10.
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iPone 7 is a little over a year old. 8 & 10 were launched a couple of months ago, there wasn't a 9.
 
I got the same thing the other day,said it was from microsoft and virgin.
Just shut it down and carried on,it was asking me to verify my email address and that is a nono
 
troutfisher said:
I got the same thing the other day,said it was from microsoft and virgin.
Just shut it down and carried on,it was asking me to verify my email address and that is a nono
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That's good. The fact that I'm not alone :)
I never got as far as seeing what they wanted. I just shut it down as soon as I twigged that it looked wrong.
 
I get them all the time, they seem to get past popup blockers, I just ignore them.

I used to love Iphones but will never replace my 6+ after this week's admission by Apple that they DO slow older models down in updates, to quote " ensure stability "

The only thing they are trying to do is to ensure stability of new sales.

Android doesn't float my boat but Apple bloat ware has lost its charm for me.
 
ChrisH said:
I get them all the time, they seem to get past popup blockers, I just ignore them.
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Thanks @ChrisH
First one I've had or heard about.

Agree about Apple. I don't like the way they try to tie you down completely. Once they get you sucked in to phones, tablets, watches, Macs etc it becomes almost impossible to do anything that they don't charge for. And the obsession with having the latest model at the very moment it is released seems to imply that they have managed to brainwash their customers. I know that won't happen to you because. ......
 
What you are experiencing is HTML5 hijack by advertisers. HTML5 was supposed to bring faster web browsing but the way it is used has meant that for the average web user the opposite is true, html5 has no benefit for the for most people but it enables advertisers to pretty much hijack your browser with overlays, spurious popups, and auto playing videos. Advertisers with their html5 hijacks have made using the internet slower than it was 5 years ago.
Luckily there is no unique content on the internet so if I visit a site and encounter auto playing videos, popup overlays etc. I just close the tab and use a different website that has similar content.
 
redsnappa said:
What you are experiencing is HTML5 hijack by advertisers. HTML5 was supposed to bring faster web browsing but the way it is used has meant that for the average web user the opposite is true, html5 has no benefit for the for most people but it enables advertisers to pretty much hijack your browser with overlays, spurious popups, and auto playing videos. Advertisers with their html5 hijacks have made using the internet slower than it was 5 years ago.
Luckily there is no unique content on the internet so if I visit a site and encounter auto playing videos, popup overlays etc. I just close the tab and use a different website that has similar content.
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Thank you kind sir.
I supping that's good news in that it's not overtly malicious. Another example of the Law of Unintended Consequences. GRRRRRRRŔR.
 
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