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wcb_123
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Dec 22, 2022

malicious pop-up ad from lacare.org

How can this spoofer be stopped? They obviously are able to bypass much of Microsoft security under the guise of an lacare.org pop-up advertisement except when you click on the add, the website comes...
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Dec 22, 2022

wcb_123 Hi

Of course, this is rather your problem , Microsoft Sites do not use org.

I do not have it on any computer, scan your computer and write what it detected:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/safety-scanner-download?view=o365-worldwide

 

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    wcb_123
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    Dec 22, 2022
    P.S. to last message ... the MSERT scan showed nothing
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    wcb_123
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    Dec 22, 2022

    Hello ... Deleted 

    I'll try what you say, but I don't think you quite understood what I intended to say; so let me try again ...

     

    Let's say when one clicks on the article "NASA performs spacewalk to install solar array" from off of Microsoft's main website. You are taken to the new link and once there, the malicious pop-up starts occurring and re-occurring. The link to the pop-up is here ...

     

    https://lacare.org/healthy-living/community-engagement/community-resource-centers?utm_source=MyCode&utm_medium=Display&utm_campaign=CRC#googtrans(en|es)

     

    ... it is a "pop-up ad" that normally is legal, which Microsoft normally does allow as a paid advertiser, but this particular pop-up is continual, annoying, prevents one from seeing the intended content, and quite obviously a spoof.

     

    I assume you are unfamiliar with what a spoof is?????

     

    My security on my laptop is up to date and everything, but I'll try what you say.

     

     

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      Dec 22, 2022

      wcb_123 

      I opened a shared page and I have no ads, but in Edge - I turned off pop-ups and of course I have an extension to block ads.

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        wcb_123
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        Dec 22, 2022

        Hello ... Deleted 

         

        Yes, I did that already and reported this to the Internet Crime Complaint Center with no response as yet.

         

        Someone appears to have hacked the LA Care website itself as I've been having problems with them for a while. It may be due to the switch over on January 1st from Cal Medi-Connect to Medicare Plus as in the past I've noted from other websites that "switch overs" create an opening into which hackers can temporarily slip apparently because while the victimized website is doing this "switch over," firewalls and other security protections are temporarily down.

         

        If it doesn't go away, I'll elevate my complaints.

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