Beware of the "Trojan virus detected" Scam

The "Trojan virus detected" scam is an adware threat that makes it seems as if a computer user has encountered a virus or trojan infection on their PC. The "Trojan virus detected" scam comes as a pop-up at random and is traced back to hackers who are looking to get paid through the clicks or impressions of the scam pop-up.

Various websites may be running malicious scripts or have been taken over by hackers to display the "Trojan virus detected" pop-up scam message. Those who get the "Trojan virus detected" Scam pop-up on their screen should never click on it as it may prompt other questionable actions or cause a redirect to a potentially malicious site.

Scams like the "Trojan virus detected" scam are rather common in the scheme of how many scams are conducted over the Internet. Computer users that get the "Trojan virus detected" scam pop-up should take immediate action to scan their computer for malware using an antimalware application so they can be assured that a threat isn’t causing the "Trojan virus detected" scam pop-up to appear, which can lead to other dire issues.