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Clicked Link - Computer Frozen - Siren Going Off - What Happened?
Just had a strange experience. I was on a reputable, established forum. Clicked a link on someone's post. As soon as the new window opened up, everything went haywire. Beeping alarm noise, voice telling me that my computer had been infected (I think that was the term?) and saying that my credit card details and personal information was being sent to others, everything frozen - unable to close windows individually or shut off IE by clicking 'X' top right of screen, and also a voice urging me to phone a number so they can walk me through what to do. If I don't, my pc would be locked. Also pop ups on screen asking for user name and password and ones telling me IE had stopped working.
Can I ask what that was all about? All I could do was turn off my desktop pc on the main power switch and restart. Avast smart scan found nothing. All seems to be working ok now. Is there anything else I should do? Was I right to just turn the power off?
Many thanks to anyone who can advise.