# WARNING: Insidious virus on Internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-insidious-virus-on-internet/750305>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-insidious-virus-on-internet/750305 "2016-03-27T03:24:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-insidious-virus-on-internet/750305/10 "2016-03-27T08:58:26Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> What would YOU do if you went online and saw this appear on your screen?

Update my adblock software.

Laugh about how stupid you’d have to be to fall for such a transparent ploy.

Calling the number isn’t “falling for it”. _Paying the fee_ is “falling for it”.

Calling a toll-free number is actually smart, if you don’t mind getting junk calls, because it costs _them_ money. I might well _keep_ calling the number, just to work on my “stupid old man” impersonation.

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