Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.4
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
Processor: AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics, AMD64 Family 22 Model 0 Stepping 1
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 3537 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 8400 / R3 Series, 512 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 444 GB (381 GB Free); D: 19 GB (2 GB Free);
Motherboard: HP, 8137
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Enabled and Updated
Hello everyone,
Just now I accidentally clicked on something which must have been a "sponsored ad" on Yahoo's homepage and before I knew what was happening, it redirected me to one of those red security alert pages. I probably should have read some of it so I could've provided more details, but I think there was a phone number and the standard scam stuff.. I usually just quickly X this out, which I did (am I wrong to discount these potential "threats" in general?)
What made this different is that without confirmation pop-ups from windows, it downloaded 90 very small files (I think they were 2 bytes each, though in file explorer it has them listed at 1 kb)
I ran a Windows Defender "Quick Scan" which has up to date updates. It found 0 threats it says.
How do I proceed? Just delete the files? How concerned should I be?
Here is a screenshot of the files it downloaded:
Thanks for reading, would appreciate any help
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
Processor: AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics, AMD64 Family 22 Model 0 Stepping 1
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 3537 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 8400 / R3 Series, 512 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 444 GB (381 GB Free); D: 19 GB (2 GB Free);
Motherboard: HP, 8137
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Enabled and Updated
Hello everyone,
Just now I accidentally clicked on something which must have been a "sponsored ad" on Yahoo's homepage and before I knew what was happening, it redirected me to one of those red security alert pages. I probably should have read some of it so I could've provided more details, but I think there was a phone number and the standard scam stuff.. I usually just quickly X this out, which I did (am I wrong to discount these potential "threats" in general?)
What made this different is that without confirmation pop-ups from windows, it downloaded 90 very small files (I think they were 2 bytes each, though in file explorer it has them listed at 1 kb)
I ran a Windows Defender "Quick Scan" which has up to date updates. It found 0 threats it says.
How do I proceed? Just delete the files? How concerned should I be?
Here is a screenshot of the files it downloaded:
Thanks for reading, would appreciate any help