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10/04/2022 9:23 AM

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Since the loss of complimentary Norton Antivirus, we have not purchased antivirus software for our home laptops and iPads. today we got a popup fake Microsoft scam that our laptop was locked and to call a phone # to recover. It was a scam, but does it mean there is malware on our laptop and what steps need to be taken?

What are other CCOR members doing to protect from attack?

11/01/2022 9:21 AM

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Anonymous wrote:
Since the loss of complimentary Norton Antivirus, we have not purchased antivirus software for our home laptops and iPads. today we got a popup fake Microsoft scam that our laptop was locked and to call a phone # to recover. It was a scam, but does it mean there is malware on our laptop and what steps need to be taken?

What are other CCOR members doing to protect from attack?

I have an Apple iMac and use MalwareBytes, which is free. MalwareBytes is for all devices, apple & PC.