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A big thanks to John Carrona Sr and Corrine Chorney for sharing this:
''This guide is for the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam program from the Rogue.Tech-Support-Scam family. When this infection is installed it will pretend to install an update on the computer that prompts you to press the OK button. Once you press the OK button, the computer will restart, and when you login, instead of being shown your Windows desktop, you will be shown a fake product activation screen''.
This is taken from BleepingComputer.com and the rest of this informative guide can be found here:
Remove the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam (Removal Guide)
''This guide is for the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam program from the Rogue.Tech-Support-Scam family. When this infection is installed it will pretend to install an update on the computer that prompts you to press the OK button. Once you press the OK button, the computer will restart, and when you login, instead of being shown your Windows desktop, you will be shown a fake product activation screen''.
This is taken from BleepingComputer.com and the rest of this informative guide can be found here:
Remove the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam (Removal Guide)