crookesey Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Forgive me for being naive, but what do these folk gain from such actions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Just now, crookesey said: Forgive me for being naive, but what do these folk gain from such actions? Some people fall for the tricks, and give these hackers access to their machines/bank accounts/whatever - and loose a lot in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 I had something similar on my laptop a few months ago saying to call a number to clear it, I couldn't get rid of it and I couldn't close the browser so I just turned it off and when I started it up it was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 3 hours ago, iansheff said: I had something similar on my laptop a few months ago saying to call a number to clear it, I couldn't get rid of it and I couldn't close the browser so I just turned it off and when I started it up it was ok. I’ve turned my iPad off but it hasn’t got rid of it.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Did you totally power the iPad down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 It’s back to normal this morning. Thank for everyone’s advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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