<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">THIS MIGHT BE USEFUL</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">I did a Yahoo search for "3 viruses found <a href="http://glsfreeads.com">glsfreeads.com</a>" and see an entry Sep 17, 2023 "<b style="font-weight:normal;color:rgb(77,81,86);font-family:Roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Glsfreeads.com</b><span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);font-family:Roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span> </span>deceives users into enabling push notifications so it can spam devices with disruptive ads. The site uses fake browser errors that tell you to “Allow Notifications”</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Apparently it's called the "glsfreeads-com-scam"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">see: <a href="https://malwaretips.com/blogs/glsfreeads-com-scam/">https://malwaretips.com/blogs/glsfreeads-com-scam/</a> for info and removal steps.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Once this stuff gets running it'll come up even if you're not using a browser.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Another site with info and removal steps. <a href="https://securedstatus.com/how-to-remove-glsfreeads-com/">https://securedstatus.com/how-to-remove-glsfreeads-com/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">The steps to remove are too long to repeat here (I've tried it!). Maybe use another computer, phone or tablet to view the page and the steps.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Good luck.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">-steve<br></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 4:13 PM John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5136333626406412088"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-5136333626406412088WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have only been in chrome and outlook and they opened up in both. I just rebooted 2-3 minutes ago and they haven’t shown up yet.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Adam Broun <<a href="mailto:abroun@gmail.com" target="_blank">abroun@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 10, 2023 4:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:palbin24@yahoo.com" target="_blank">palbin24@yahoo.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>; Lex Computer Group <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] an issue<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">When do these messages appear? Upon boot up? After opening a browser window? Other? That might narrow down where to look (e.g in startup folder or registry, browser settings, etc.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Nov 10, 2023, at 15:59, <a href="mailto:palbin24@yahoo.com" target="_blank">palbin24@yahoo.com</a> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I’m reluctant to suggest major surgery and I hope someone has a good idea </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A middle ground might be reinstalling the OS. There are tools from Microsoft and perhaps your computer vendor to help. Wait to see if there are any other options before going down this road.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Peter<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On Nov 10, 2023, at 3:47 PM, John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They are back, so Malware Bytes didn’t do it.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;padding:3pt 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span class="m_-5136333626406412088apple-converted-space"> </span>Adam Broun <<a href="mailto:abroun@gmail.com" target="_blank">abroun@gmail.com</a>><span class="m_-5136333626406412088apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="m_-5136333626406412088apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, November 10, 2023 3:39 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="m_-5136333626406412088apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="m_-5136333626406412088apple-converted-space"> </span>Lex Computer Group <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="m_-5136333626406412088apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] an issue<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Check the home page settings in your browser. My guess is a script got triggered that put something funky in there. And try running the inbuilt Windows virus scan.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><br><u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Nov 10, 2023, at 15:27, John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Starting this morning I began to receive these messages. I assumed that they were a scam and I do not believe I have McAfee on my system. I have not clicked on either t</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the Yes or No Thanks. But they are covering things up and I seem unable to get rid of them.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I did close down mail and rebooted, but they are back. Any thoughts?</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><image002.png></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John Rudy</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-861-0402</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-718-8334 cell</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bedford MA</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><image001.png><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; 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