{"id":2378,"date":"2016-08-28T23:55:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T06:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2023-12-14T07:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:06:00","slug":"whats-wrong-in-these-screenshots-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/whats-wrong-in-these-screenshots-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s wrong in these screenshots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2379\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/scam-fiefox-update.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2379\" class=\"wp-image-2379 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/scam-fiefox-update-500x350.png\" alt=\"firefox-update-scam\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/scam-fiefox-update-500x350.png 500w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/scam-fiefox-update-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/scam-fiefox-update-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/scam-fiefox-update-1024x716.png 1024w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/scam-fiefox-update.png 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the screenshot above to see if you can spot what&#8217;s wrong, then click back to read below for the answers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What&#8217;s wrong in the screenshot above?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Never install something from a website unless you specifically went looking for it.<\/li>\n<li>Notice the website in the address bar. Is that a popular mainstream website that can be trusted?&#8230; No!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2274\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/countnow123-edge-warning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2274\" class=\"wp-image-2274 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/countnow123-edge-warning-500x313.png\" alt=\"Click to view a larger image\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/countnow123-edge-warning-500x313.png 500w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/countnow123-edge-warning-150x94.png 150w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/countnow123-edge-warning-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/countnow123-edge-warning-900x564.png 900w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/countnow123-edge-warning.png 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the screenshot above to see if you can spot what&#8217;s wrong, then click back to read below for the answers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What&#8217;s wrong in the screenshot above?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Notice that it says &#8220;This site says&#8230;&#8221; Is the website in the address bar trustworthy?<\/li>\n<li>Bad grammar and punctuation is a clue that this is not a website that is written by a professional company.<\/li>\n<li>Warnings and urgency\u00a0is meant to scare you into using your better judgement.<\/li>\n<li>Never, ever call a phone number that pops up on your screen. It&#8217;s a scam!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you see a screen similar to the one shown above, many times it won&#8217;t close by clicking the red &#8220;X&#8221; on the upper-right corner of the window. Instead, simply click on the Start button on the bottom-left corner of your screen, then follow the normal procedure to shutdown or restart your computer.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/whats-wrong-in-these-screenshots-1\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/whats-wrong-in-these-screenshots-1\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What&#8217;s wrong in the screenshot above? Never install something from a website unless you specifically went looking for it. Notice the website in the address bar. Is that a popular mainstream website that can be trusted?&#8230; No! What&#8217;s wrong in the screenshot above? Notice that it says &#8220;This site says&#8230;&#8221; Is the website in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips","category-scams","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}