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Windows Product key scam

 

Been battling a virus for a while now. Now that I removed everything this new pop-up comes on when I login to my user on windows 7. As soon as I get to the home page where it shows start up menu and my apps it then proceeds to slow up and glitch into this page. This is a scam. I've contacted windows saying they have no notion of this . They could not help me for the fact that it blocks me when I'm on the pic after 5-10 minites. I've tried turning on task manager to end this process but it loads up but in the background since this pop up is like a "screen/cover" of my homepage . I called the number and they are just scammers who want a free version of windows. Can anybody help?

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Hello,

We suggest that you refer to the Microsoft Safety & Security Center to report the issue.

If you have further questions, feel free to ask us.

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Try:

To close the screen you can enter THTY4-89LK6-RTI23-XZTOP-05ERY as the product key.

Source and further instructions in this removal guide: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-fake-windows-defender-prevented-malicious-software-scam

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Just put that in. Still no luck. 

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Oh. You came back...

Hm.

How sad that that not worked...

Suggestion to ask for free expert help at Bleepingcomputer.com.

The links you'll find in the removal guide.

Good luck.

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In case you still have the same problem:

See if the steps mentioned in this removal guide help: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-select-region-tech-support-scam

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