Remove FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam Virus

Tips To Delete FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam Adware

FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam is promoted by several malevolent websites that tries to trick users into contacting fake Google support. In this scam, visitors are claimed that content on their devices are under violation of US federal law and hence, their systems have been locked. Moreover, the illicit object is likely to be infectious that can cause some serious issues. To get rid of the threats, visitors are asked to contact fake Google support. We emphasize that all the information provided by this scheme is false and has no relation with the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) or Google LLC.

Text Presented In The Scam’s Pop-up:

GOOGLE SUPPORT

 +1-800-974-4062

Security Breach Detected

Transfering Your Personal Data  Pictures

This VIRUS is well known for Identity and Credit card Theft

Google security alert!!

Please Contact Google Support +1-800-974-4062

System might be infected due to unexpected error – child Pornography Detected !

Security Breach!

Private and Financial Data is at RISK:

. Your credit card details and banking information

. Your e-mail passwords and other account passwords

. Your Facebook, Skype, AIM, ICQ and other chat logs

. Your private & family photos and other sensitive files

. Your webcam could be accessed remotely by stalkers

IMMEDIATELY CALL Google Support +1-800-974-4062 

MORE ABOUT THIS INFECTION:

Seeing these pop-up’s means that you may have a virus installed on your DEVICE which puts the security of your personal data at a serious risk.

It’s strongly advised that you call the number above and get your DEVICE inspected before you continue using your internet, especially for Shopping or Banking.

Call immediately for assistance.

Contact Google Support +1-800-974-4062.

More About FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam:

When you visit a web page that promotes the FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam, you get a pop-up window. The texts presented in this pop-up have similarities with tech support scams. It states that a security flaw has been detected on your system. Your PC is infected with a data-stealing virus. This alert is allegedly delivered by Google and it is reporting an unexpected error/virus. This alert claims that the error/infection has initiated from files relating to child pornography that are stored on users’ systems. The message convinces users to call “Google Support”. The helplines provided by these types of scams are often presented as free and but they are no indeed. Scammers generally utilize this contact to deceive users into allowing remote access and control of their systems, disclosing vulnerable data, paying various fees for “services rendered”, and so on.

The text in the background of the site is presented as a warning, issued to visitors due to illegal content being found within their PCs. The device has been locked since the content in it or accessed through it – is in violation of articles “161,148, 215 and 301”. The violations are stated as possession of material involves child pornography, inhumanity, child abuse and so on. To unlock the machine, the scheme states that users must pay a fine within 24 hours. If the payment is not done within 48 hours – an arrest warrant will be issued. Furthermore, as the non-existent content is having child pornography – people risk being fined up to fifty thousand US dollars and/or punished for twenty years in prison.

People are usually get redirected to sites that promote FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam by PUP that is already installed on their devices. Such types of potentially unwanted programs can force-open phishing, scamming and various other questionable websites. However, these apps can have additional abilities. They can run intrusive advertisement campaigns. Some adware can modify browser settings in order to promote fake search engines. Additionally, most PUAs can track data. They record users’ browsing activities such as viewed pages, links clicked, search engines histories etc. and gather personal data inferred from it (geolocations, IP addresses, and other details). The collected information is then monetized by being shared with and/or sold to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals).

Quick Glance

Name: FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam

Type: PUP, Adware, Scam, Social engineering 

Symptoms: Endless annoying ads, Changes to default browser’s settings, default Internet search engine, Fake pop-up messages, identity theft, new tab settings. Users are enforced to visit hijacker’s website and search the Internet using their search engines, slowness of infected system’s performance.

Short Description: Claims visitors’ devices are infected, involve illegal content and have been locked, Aims to redirects users to affiliated sites, promotes sponsored products, services and programs and make online revenues for the creators, Also steals users’ personal and confidential information and share them with hackers for evil purposes.

Tech Support number: +1-800-974-4062

Distribution methods: Free software installers (bundling), Deceptive emails, malicious pop-ups ads, fake flash player installers.

Damage: Web browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), exhibition of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites.

Removal: To get rid of this infection and other malware threats, our security researchers recommend scanning your device with an effective anti-malware tool.

How Does This PUP Enter Your System?

When you go for the free page, install the application from the promotional advertisements or rely on the torrent platform, leads to downloads of the PUPs, adware, browser hijackers, system tools, toolbars, add-ons, and so on. This happens behind your back, but the reason why it takes place is not enough attention to details.

You skip through steps and you select Recommended or Quick settings, you automatically agree to anything that was included in the first place and cannot see what happens during the installation process. However, you can go for Advanced or Custom installs and expand the full list with those programs, so some of them can get de-selected. Experts always recommend choosing trustworthy sources to avoid anything like this. But at the moment, you must remove FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam virus from the PC without wasting any time.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam:

Remove the related items of FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter. In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”. Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete FBI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POP-UP Scam (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications. Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.