Chrome Browser Highjack to lookout for

There is a highjack occurring whereby you get the “Ring Microsoft now on 1-888-xxx xxx xxx”. To read more about it see the Malwarebytes article about it:

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

If you get a page that tells you to ring MS because your PC has been infected with a virus (it is a piece of code inserted to scam you) use Task Manager to stop the browser as the code uses a technique to lock up the browser (Jam it).

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