Remove "1-844-511-8927""1-888-502-8241""1-855-400-8140" Phone Scam

Infected with Fake Alert Scam or Phone Scam

Phone Scam has become a nasty computer infection which attack many user's computer:

I went online to see something calming. Suddenly my monitor froze and there was a message that my computer was having some kind of trouble. It said, "Do not turn your computer off."  It gave a website -- www.support.microsoft.com, so I thought it must be legitimate.  However, I could not go online to this website. But there was also this phone number -- 1-844-511-8927. So I called it. A man identified himself as Austin Brown. He assured me that he was legitimate. He took control of my computer with Team Viewer. He persuaded me to take a year's service from a company call Rakashar, LLC to the tune of $249.  Of course I had to give my credit card number. Has anyone else been contacted like this?  Am I in danger?



BSOD : DllRegisterServer failed with the error code 0x80040201
Windows Defender Error Code: 0x80073afc
0x000000CE DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS
Error Code 0x800705b4 when Starting Windows Defender
Window's Defender Time Out Error code 0x800705b4.
Error code 0x800705b4 when trying to open windows defender
WINDOWS HEALTH IS CRITICAL -Please Visit Your Nearest Windows Service Center
OR Contact Help Desk 1-888-502-8241|


My computer displayed an error message and a popup message saying that my computer had been infected by koobface and that I should call 1-855-400-8140 immedialely to stop further damage.  I was suspicious, but I called.  After telling me they were a computer repair services firm contracted by Microsoft to fix a security problem with Windows 10, which I had upgraded to just a couple weeks ago, they succeeded in talking me into giving them remote access to my computer.  After a lot of talking, they proposed to fix the security problem and protect my computer from future threats for a price, at which point I told them I would call them back and hung up.

Fake Alert Scam or Phone Scam is a kind of adware created and developed by the cyber criminals to collect money. In general, Fake Alert Scam can be installed along with insecure free downloads from the Internet without any permission and notice. Once gets into the computer, Fake Alert Scam will change the computer browser setting and begin to redirect your homepage and new tab. Fake Alert Scam changes the homepage of your Web browser to point to a specific Web site. As soon as you open the browser, Fake Alert Scam will pop up to redirect you to its own domain and block you from accessing online or using IE,Firefox and Chrome.

Phone Scam is designed to prevent access to sites that redirect users or perform actions to trick users into calling the scammer and installing misleading applications such as fake antivirus software.Phone Scam is designed to mislead users into thinking that their computer has serious problems that must be fixed by paying for a license of the software. For example,Phone Scam may perform fake scans of the hard disk and then report multiple non-existent threats. To remove the threats, the misleading application tells the user to purchase a license for the software which may amount to anything from forty to one a hundred dollars plus, depending on whether a "support" package is purchased or not. 

Of course the software and any support packages offered are bogus and will offer no help whatsoever in cleaning up the problem or protecting against any other threats. It is suggested to remove Fake Alert Scam from the computer as soon as possible.To look deep into the threats, it is suggested to scan your computer with a anti-spyware like Spyhunter to find the detail problem.

How to remove Fake Alert Scam?

Manually remove Fake Alert Scam

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Fake Alert Scam processes in the Windows Task Manager.

Step 2: Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Fake Alert Scam.

Step 3: Remove the unwanted extension from the browsers.

Internet Explorer

1) Launch the Internet Explorer and click on Tools in menu bar, click on the Manage Add-ons.
2) Click on Toolbars and Extensions, select Disable the suspicious or unwanted extension.

3) Restart the Internet Explorer.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Start the Mozilla Firefox. Click on the Firefox menu then choose Add-ons.
2) Click on the Extensions in the pop-up Add-ons Manager page, select the adware in the list and then click on Remove button.



3) Restart Mozilla Firefox.

Google Chrome

1) Run the Google Chrome. Select the Tools in the Chrome menu then click on Extensions to open it.
2) In the pop-up page, search for the Hijacker in the list and disable it.

3) Restart Google Chrome.

Step 4: Search the registry entries in your Registry Editor and then remove all of them.

Automatically remove Fake Alert Scam

Step 1. Click the icon to download SpyHunter.

Step 2. Follow the instructions to install the SpyHunter.

Step 3. Run SpyHunter to scan your PC.

Step 4. Click on the  Fix Threats  to get all detected items deleted.

Summary 

Fake Alert Scam is a threat to your computer. To protect your computer from further damage, it is better to remove Fake Alert Scam from the computer as soon as possible. To download Spyhunter to remove threats easily and safely now.



(Gary)