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How to overcome Attention Required! One more step. Please complete the security check error

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Attention Required!

While browsing different sites on internet people frequently facing one big issue. While we are expecting the web page, one warning message displaying on the screen like this:

Attention Required! One more step. Please complete the security check to access www.abc.com”

People are becoming panic after reading this. They are suspecting that there may be a viral infection or something else happened in their system. To some degree that is true. Here are the exact reasons for the warning message.

Nowadays DDoS attacks on the websites are rising. Therefore every site is focusing more on the site’s security. CDN (Content Delivery Network) providers like CloudFlare are offering DDoS protection services to the websites. If the website we are visiting implemented this mechanism, more likely we may come across the above warning.

But not always this happens. If the CloudFlare CDN service identifies our IP address as the suspected one, then it asks us to complete the Captcha Verification to prevent the DDoS attacks.

Because of various reasons, our public IP may become suspectable. There might be a malware infection on our computer which uses our computer like botnet to make DDoS attacks on various sites unknowingly. If that is the case, your public IP will be marked as dangerous IP on the internet. It indirectly leads to the above security checks while browsing the internet.

First of all, check your computer with any powerful antivirus software for malware infections and clean unnecessary junk files. In few cases using the alternative browser help us to overcome the issue temporarily.

Sometimes there might be a problem with the ISP (Internet Service Provider) like Airtel, BSNL, Act Fiber you are using. If everything is clean on your computer, you have to ask your ISP to check if the IP or subnet mask is blacklisted. As an Act Fiber customer living in Hyderabad and maintaining my computer in perfect condition, I never faced the issue. So by correcting the above reasons, you can also get rid of the problem.

Godless dangerous Android malware infecting through Google Play

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Godless dangerous Android malware infecting through Google Play is detected by Trend Micro, famous antivirus firm. It  silently gain root access to 90% of the Android smartphones available right now in the market.

Phone users think that installing apps from official app stores like Google Play is sufficient to safeguard their devices from the viruses. But the latest malware went beyond that belief.

There are a large number of Android apps which pretending as the official versions of the popular apps on Google Play Store. They carry the same Android developer certificate of the original app. Thus they survived even with Google security checks.

People think they are downloading official app, but most of the times they end with fake apps which already modified with malicious code.

the Godless Malware works based on “Android rooting tools” framework which achieve root access to the majority of the Android devices without leaving any clue to the end user.

Once the root access gained “Godless” malware listen for the instructions from the Command and Control server operated by the hackers. It will begin to deploy unwanted programs into our Android smartphones.

So now onwards, before installing any app from trusted sources like Google Play, etc. also, it is better idea to read reviews from the other users. After examining everything, you will get confidence on those apps.

Don’t Trust Whatsapp Gold Scam; it infects your phone

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A lot of spam messages with social engineering characteristics are circulating on Whatsapp. Few days back people believed Whatsapp Video calling spam and shared the malicious links without any further thinking about the security. Now another spam is widely circulating through Whatsapp i.e. “Whatsapp Golden Version” scam.

The scammer claims that the Whatsapp Gold Version was only available to the Top celebrities earlier, and the same Gold version with extra features is accessible to the limited set of the users right now. The Scammer grabs the Whatsapp users’ attention by promising exciting news features such as sending hundreds of photos at once, video calling, new emojis, and powerful security.

The entire scam hides in a simple text message with a hyperlink to the Whatsapp Gold version. Once the victim clicks the link, then it redirects to another malicious website which offers Whatsapp Gold download. Finally, the downloaded malware application steals your personal data from your phone.

So rethink twice before circulating such spam messages that redirect to unknown sites. There will be few people in our circle who don’t have sufficient technical knowledge. Sharing malicious content troubles their phones and valuable data.

3 Free Tools to Troubleshoot any problem in Windows

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PC users come across various issues such as connectivity problems, PC slowdown, virus infections, etc., frequently. Troubleshooting Windows computer is not an art, and just you need to have the sufficient knowledge on the issue and its countermeasures.

Here I will explain, various tools to troubleshoot your Windows computer without the help of hardware technicians.

Update Device drivers

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In my personal experience, I faced thousands of people who don’t have an idea on device drivers on any operating system. Device drivers play a crucial role as a communication bridge in between the hardware and the operating system.

Outdated or the poorly written device drivers lead to serious PC problems such as the blue screen of death. So time to time, check the hardware manufacturer’s website for the latest drivers for your hardware devices like display card, soundcard, printers, LAN card, etc., and update them by downloading the exact version intended for your model.

If you’re not sure where to search for the device drivers, “Driver Booster” is an excellent software which helps you in this regard.

While installing this software, untick other unnecessary applications which come bundled with this setup file. Otherwise, driver booster will install other unnecessary toolbars which will hijack the default search engine.

This software provides two tabs named outdated and up-to-date. The outdated tab contains a list of all the outdated device drivers exists on your computer. You can update each device driver by clicking the update button available in front of its name. On the other hand “up to date,” Tab lists all the device drivers which are in perfect condition.

Fix Win 10

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Sometimes, file corruption in the Windows operating system becomes the main reason for Windows malfunction. We can resolve the issue by replacing the corrupted files. In this context “Fix Win 10” analyses the core system files, and provides us the option to fix them instantly.

Before using this, it’s better idea to create a restore point of the current working condition. This application provides another section with the name “Troubleshooters”. I hope you already know the fact that Windows has inbuilt troubleshooter modules for various issues. Troubleshooters section in the Fix Win 10 program provides easy access to those modules.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker

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This application doesn’t provide any direct troubleshooting options. Instead, it offers various functions to enable and disable certain Windows features. You can enable or disable all the available features in Windows Operating system at one place.

Here also it is a wise idea to create a restore point before making any change, otherwise, sometimes you may end with unwanted results.

Don’t Worry, Here is the solution to stop Spam on Facebook

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Since a couple of days I’ve noticed panic environment around all the Facebook users. People posting disclaimer notices mentioned that “they don’t have any direct connection with the adult video spam circulating through personal messages.

Earlier on every occurrence when the spam triggered, I made a number of detailed posts about the procedure to stop spam and provided guidelines through various TV channels also. But still people are becoming victims for such type of spams.

How Facebook Spam Circulate..

Spam creators target human weakness to circulate spam virally. Adult content, exciting thumbnails are the main strategy they follow. They just create a plugin with Java script which grabs our Friend list. This is enough to make vast damage in social media.

First you will come across a spam thumbnail which offers Nude or porn content to watch. Without any second thought, you follow that link. It will redirect to an external site, where you have requested to download a free plugin to watch that adult content. As you are already in a hurry to watch that at any cost, you don’t think about security concerns behind this move.

You finally install that plugin and waiting to watch the adult content. But in return one error message disappoints you without giving any clue about what happened behind.

What happened behind that?

Still, you are in a thought that you are not able to watch that porn video. But a lot of damage already finished without your notice. That plugin collects your Facebook friend list and sends “porn thumbnail” messages to all of your friends with random file numbers. Now they are the targets for the spam. Some type of spam makes timeline posts on your walls by adding tags to your friends. This is also nasty thing.

What to do?

Simple solution here.

1. If you got spam personal video from others:

You no need to worry, simply ignore it. Don’t click it, don’t tempt to open it. If somebody tagged you in spam timeline post’s, try to remove the tag or keep silent, no need to worry.

2. If you already clicked and infected your system..

Follow the below video to clean your infected system.

Please share this article to educate other Facebook users who are becoming victims for spam links.