staffordjas
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Any advice on what to do next folks?
Had my mobile connected to my home wi-fi, stupidly tried clicking on a link on my phone to unsubscribe from an MG email that came through , but didn't work......
(That email never appeared on my laptop emails)
Next thing the home broadband went off completely. Rang Virgin who got it connected again. As soon as the modem was flashing with correct lights and connection back up , my phone started sounding a really loud siren type alarm with a message saying my phone was infected 28.1% with 4 really bad viruses 'from an adult site' . Message warned that if I continued to use my phone the sim card and any other saved data or photos etc would be corrupted.
I switched the phone off quick, but putting it back on again (using the mobile data instead of wi-fi this time )as soon as I click on the internet the message comes back up again. (Telling me to click on 'ok' to start the process to get rid of virus but no way am I clicking on anything else .)
Now got the phone switched off . If it is infected , is it likely to cause problems if just doing my usual phoning and texting and using Whattsapp?
Edited to say........ Googling has brought up that quite a few people have had this excact same message lately on various different phones, and also naming their phone make and model as it did on mine. They either changed the Chrome settings, or un-installed Chrome completely , and then re-installed off a playstore (?) and it got rid of the message.
Wishing son would hurry up back home to sort me out!
Had my mobile connected to my home wi-fi, stupidly tried clicking on a link on my phone to unsubscribe from an MG email that came through , but didn't work......
(That email never appeared on my laptop emails)
Next thing the home broadband went off completely. Rang Virgin who got it connected again. As soon as the modem was flashing with correct lights and connection back up , my phone started sounding a really loud siren type alarm with a message saying my phone was infected 28.1% with 4 really bad viruses 'from an adult site' . Message warned that if I continued to use my phone the sim card and any other saved data or photos etc would be corrupted.
I switched the phone off quick, but putting it back on again (using the mobile data instead of wi-fi this time )as soon as I click on the internet the message comes back up again. (Telling me to click on 'ok' to start the process to get rid of virus but no way am I clicking on anything else .)
Now got the phone switched off . If it is infected , is it likely to cause problems if just doing my usual phoning and texting and using Whattsapp?
Edited to say........ Googling has brought up that quite a few people have had this excact same message lately on various different phones, and also naming their phone make and model as it did on mine. They either changed the Chrome settings, or un-installed Chrome completely , and then re-installed off a playstore (?) and it got rid of the message.
Wishing son would hurry up back home to sort me out!
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