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Keep getting ugent download popups from: https://yaipoaspone.net/2731136537755/176bd6f00abadca483d6ef7853e41a98.html

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StanVG99
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I keep getting an annoying pop-up to download an urgent patch and it will not stop!! It is a hoax I know as my anti-virus program warns about it. It is coming from this address: https://yaipoaspone.net/2731136537755/176bd6f00abadca483d6ef7853e41a98.html Can you folks get it shut down please???!!!

I keep getting an annoying pop-up to download an urgent patch and it will not stop!! It is a hoax I know as my anti-virus program warns about it. It is coming from this address: https://yaipoaspone.net/2731136537755/176bd6f00abadca483d6ef7853e41a98.html Can you folks get it shut down please???!!!

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hi StanVG99, we suspect this is coming form "malvertising" (=ads placed on legitimate websites that redirect you to this fraudulent message), so using an adblocking addon like https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ should help with that.

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hi StanVG99, we suspect this is coming form "malvertising" (=ads placed on legitimate websites that redirect you to this fraudulent message), so using an adblocking addon like https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ should help with that.

StanVG99
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Thank you!