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sheshe2

(98,439 posts) Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:02 PM Oct 2025

Help!

I am getting a warning security message on my computer. It’s from Microsoft that a threat was detected and I have to call a number to have my computer unlocked.

Is this for real? The number is 1-877-280-4530.

I don’t know what to do and it says not to try to shut down my computer on my own

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Help! (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2025 OP

scam. Microsoft would never send messages asking you to call then to unlock it. drray23 Oct 2025 #1

scam. Get the Brave browser Tetrachloride Oct 2025 #2

Scam. Don't call. I've gotten messages like that and I just shut the computer down Ocelot II Oct 2025 #3

Scam LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #4

It is a scam! Resistance1 Oct 2025 #5

Thanks everyone. sheshe2 Oct 2025 #6

this is merely a javascript message Tetrachloride Oct 2025 #7

I googled the number dweller Oct 2025 #8

Thanks! sheshe2 Oct 2025 #10

I just turn the computer off The Blue Flower Oct 2025 #9

drray23

(8,821 posts)

1. scam. Microsoft would never send messages asking you to call then to unlock it.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:03 PM

Oct 2025

Tetrachloride

(9,702 posts)

2. scam. Get the Brave browser

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:05 PM

Oct 2025

Ocelot II

(131,217 posts)

3. Scam. Don't call. I've gotten messages like that and I just shut the computer down

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:05 PM

Oct 2025

and restarted it, no problem.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,006 posts)

4. Scam

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:06 PM

Oct 2025

Resistance1

(168 posts)

5. It is a scam!

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:07 PM

Oct 2025

Either Ctrl-Alt-Delete, go to Task Manager, Put your cursor on your web browser, right click and End Task or just hit the power switch or unplug it

sheshe2

(98,439 posts)

6. Thanks everyone.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:09 PM

Oct 2025

I shut it down and am back online.

Tetrachloride

(9,702 posts)

7. this is merely a javascript message

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:16 PM

Oct 2025

dweller

(28,672 posts)

8. I googled the number

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:26 PM

Oct 2025

And got this return

1-877-280-4530 =-5,686

😐

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sheshe2

(98,439 posts)

10. Thanks!

Reply to dweller (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:38 PM

Oct 2025

The Blue Flower

(6,592 posts)

9. I just turn the computer off

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:32 PM

Oct 2025

Leave it off for awhile. When you turn it on again, the message will be gone. It's a scam.

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