“There was a dangerous try to get an access to your personal logins” is one of many scams users might encounter. Typically, such fake messages are displayed to them when they enter a suspicious website by accident, get redirected to the domain that contains the fake alert by clicking on some kind of untrustworthy link, or install an untrustworthy program, usually an advertising-supported application or adware on their computers. Such scams as “There was a dangerous try to get an access to your personal logins” are created by cyber criminals for one purpose. They expect that users will dial a telephone number the fabricated message contains once they see it displayed to them. Unfortunately, many users do exactly what cyber criminals behind the scam want them to do. Calling the indicated telephone number is the worst decision users who encounter this scam can make because they contact crooks instead of helpful technicians. This is the beginning of all the problems.
Even though users can find “There was a dangerous try to get an access to your personal logins” displayed to them after opening the website that contains it by mistake or by clicking on a malicious link, there are still more people who see the fabricated message periodically, meaning that they have an untrustworthy application installed on their computers. It might have any name, and it might be located anywhere on the system, but it is very likely that this program is an advertising-supported application. Some users download and install these programs themselves, but, of course, they do not know that it is an adware program, whereas others install them next to other programs, usually free applications they download off the Internet. In other words, applications that might be linked with the “There was a dangerous try to get an access to your personal logins” scam should be mainly spread in software bundles. Users can still prevent untrustworthy applications from infiltrating their computers illegally. Security specialists have several pieces of advice for those users who want to be safe:
1) Keep your PC updated
2) Turn on Windows Firewall
3) Install powerful security software
4) Ignore random pop-ups, error messages, and email attachments
5) Think twice before installing any new software from a source you do not trust 100%
6) Behave cautiously online
Have you found “There was a dangerous try to get an access to your personal logins” opened to you? If so, ignore it. The main purpose of this fake message is to convince users that their personal data is in danger, i.e. it might be stolen if they do not take any action soon (you can find an excerpt of the fake alert below). Crooks only want you to dial the telephone number the alert contains, but since it is completely fake, this is not what you should do.
There was a dangerous try get an access to your personal logins & bank information and to track your browser activity. Luckily, your Firewall managed to block this suspicious connection. We recommend you to freeze your account until some measures will be taken. There is a great threat of leaking of you personal data. So, you need to respond swiftly! Trojan Virus may have already hurt your hard disk and its data. That is why we are checking and verifying your current system security. Do now waste your time and consult one of our service centres or call us. Contact Number +1(844)243-2014 (TOLL-FREE) Your urgent response is needed. To deal with this problem, contact our network administration.
Contacting cyber criminals might have a bunch of undesirable outcomes. For example, you might receive a large telephone bill after contacting these fake technicians, you might give cyber criminals access to your computer, you might be pushed to download/purchase certain software, which might be harmful, to clean your system, you might be convinced to subscribe for the service you do not even need, and, finally, you might experience privacy-related problems if you provide cyber criminals some personal details (e.g. name, surname, address, etc.). In other words, dialing the telephone number promoted by the scam will only have undesirable outcomes.
If “There was a dangerous try to get an access to your personal logins” has been displayed when the user clicked on a suspicious link or entered a dubious domain, the fake message should disappear when the web browser is closed and do not show up again. Unfortunately, it is not so easy to get rid of the scam in all the cases. If the adware program is the reason the fake alert is displayed, you will see the scam open to you from time to time no matter what activities you perform until you clean the system.
References:
- Phelps, J. How to Avoid Malware. PC World
- Eric_Bernstein. Suspicious Trojan Virus Attack While Testing Out Google Chrome. Microsoft Community