Web browser beeping and talking to them, warning them that their computer was infected.Offers to clean their infected machine.Pop-ups everywhere, for all sorts of products and virus warnings.Some or all of the following symptoms then occurred:
Thinking they did indeed need an Adobe Flash update, they clicked.
While the users had intended to go to a specific site to gather information for a lesson or check sources for student projects, the resources they were seeking had been hijacked and now housed a nefarious hacking tool. These users were all performing seemingly normal tasks on Chrome, clicked on a link to go to a specific site, and the link popped up a series of Adobe Flash update prompts. Our techs have seen a few machines (Mac laptops specifically) come through recently that have fallen victim to the same fake Adobe Flash update prompt.
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