FAKE SYSTEM ALERTS VIA WEB ADVERTISEMENT

 I was previewing this blog looking for typos and such when one advertisement caught my attention.  I cannot remember what it was but once I clicked it, the web browser put up a bunch of fake system alerts, with voice, claiming my computer was compromised.  That I should call some phone number and pay some exorbitant amount to get my system corrected.  You cannot just close the web browser, nothing in the web browser is responsive.  Luckily, I've seen this before, here's what you need to do if you ever get into this situation, at least on computers running Windows:

1. Press the three keys Ctrl , Alt , and Delete together
2. On the screen that appears, click Task Manager
3. In the Task Manager window, as shown below, select the web browser that's screaming foul.  In my case, it's Google Chrome
4. Click End Task.

The entire web browser will close.  When you re-open the browser, do not say Yes when asked if you want to re-open all the tabs, because doing so would re-open that offending web site again.

I am disgusted that Google would allow the ads to be placed in the first place.  I will try to complain to Google but with big corporations nowadays I have little faith anything will be done about it.  Maybe complaining about it openly in my blog will get their attention.  Or maybe they will shut me down, a la Jimmy Kimmel, ha ha ha, I am nowhere as influential as Mr. Kimmel, just a thought.