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Is this a virus?

54and56 · 2020-04-24 17:58:06

Hi all, From time to time (on my Win 10 laptop using Chrome browser) every few months I click on a website and all of a sudden it pops into a confetti type scenario saying I've won some sort of random raffle type deal, see below. It's usually a website I'm visiting for the first time. I never click on the button to accept…

24-04-2020 06:58PM

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54and56

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Hi all,

From time to time (on my Win 10 laptop using Chrome browser) every few months I click on a website and all of a sudden it pops into a confetti type scenario saying I've won some sort of random raffle type deal, see below. It's usually a website I'm visiting for the first time.

I never click on the button to accept the "prize" and always run a mile from the site which I've always assumed was somehow hacked but am now wondering if maybe there's a problem with my laptop/software?

Anyone else experienced this? Any ideas what causes it and more importantly how to avoid it?

I have Win Defender and Firewall etc all set up and updated etc.

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#2 24-04-2020 07:01PM

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