![]() In addition, the software I chose to install was a result of my needs. I figure the host machine should be the one to manage these types of things. I turn off things like screen blanking, auto locking, and the like. Many of the configuration choices I made were the result of this being in a VM. If you are familiar with both Hyper-V and Ubuntu, you should not have any problems following the instructions. There aren’t a lot of screen shots, nor do I take time to explain “why” (at least not often). I want to make it understood, this is not meant to be an in-depth tutorial. There you will find the instructions broken down into small, easily digestible parts. Instead, I’ve created a repository on my GitHub site. The instructions were rather long, and if I’d tried to do it as a blog post I’d have had to break it into multiple posts, making it difficult to follow, or have one blog post that was 3 miles long. ![]() This is kind of an unusual blog post, in that it doesn’t contain a lot of content. Today I finally decided enough was enough. The problem is my instructions have been scattered across multiple files in a few repositories. It’s not something I do every day though, so I have instructions to remind me of all the steps involved, what buttons to push, and so on. On occasion I will need to setup a new Ubuntu virtual machine in Hyper-V, for doing development or creating new courses for Pluralsight. Right Click in an empty area of the Windows bar at the bottom of you desktop screen.Just skip this section and go right to "Prevent it from coming back". If Google Chrome is not running, you should absolutely NOT start it again. Alternatively you could do a "hard reset", in other words power your computer off. If Google Chrome is currently running, follow these steps to shut it down. OK, with my cute backside covered, let’s proceed. Just because these steps works does not guarantee you don’t have a virus as well. So the risk is very minimal, again if you follow the instructions exactly.įor my open legal protection though I have to give this warning: If there was a page you had opened and need back, at the end I show you how to find them in Chrome’s History so you can reopen them. Understand that if followed exactly, these steps will prevent Google Chrome from opening the last set of web pages you had open automatically. Nothing complicated, and well within the capability of even a novice user. Resolving the issue isn’t hard, but does require quite a few steps. All of the people who contacted me though were using Chrome, which is why the instructions here focus on it. Let me make one thing clear, I’m not trying to disparage Google Chrome or imply anything negative about it. This gives it the appearance of a standard message box. ![]() ![]() There is a trick they take advantage of that lets them open up a new Google Chrome window, but it removes the title, tabs, borders, etc. While it looks like the messages are coming from their computer, in reality they are just opening up new web pages. They use web programming tricks to create what appears to be pop up messages on their computer. Without meaning to, they went to a website that had code from scammers. When they reboot, they get no messages until after they’ve opened up Google Chrome.Chrome is set to re-open the last set of web pages they were using when it launches.They use Google Chrome as their default browser.They did a scan with their own installed anti-virus, and it showed no viruses found.The are not running the anti-virus software listed in the message.One message says their McAfee (or another brand) of anti-virus is out of date, and you need to contact a company to renew as you have a virus.Īnother might warn the user has a virus, needs to click a link to get help in cleaning it.Īfter talking to the people who contacted me, they confirm a few things. They all tend to be variations on a theme. They are getting what appears to be pop up messages on their computer. I’ve had several people contact me in the last few months, all with the same issue. ![]()
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