About Send OTP to support team

Send OTP to support team is a typical tech-support scam that tries to convince you to call the provided number for supposed tech-support. It’s a kind of scam that wants to profit from naive users by tricking them into paying hundreds of dollars for bogus technical support. These scams are very common, and usually scammers pretend to be from companies like Microsoft or Apple in order to appear more legitimate. Send OTP to support team

A pop-up is shown to the potential victim, usually claiming that something is wrong with the computer. In this particular case, the notification claims that you need to call the provided number and enter your given update code for whatever reason. The notification goes full screen and cannot be simply closed, making it seem more legitimate to less computer-savvy people. However, it’s in no way legitimate. It’s simply a more sophisticated tech-support scam, which you are probably seeing because you have adware installed on your computer.

Adware, or ad-supported software, is a type program that constantly displays advertisements and fake notifications. It’s essentially a computer pest. While it’s not exactly dangerous (it doesn’t delete files or otherwise directly harm your device), it shouldn’t be ignored either. It’s usually the program behind tech-support scams as it allows scammers to display fake alerts constantly. Adware is commonly installed by users themselves, albeit accidentally. Adware comes attached to freeware as an extra offer and needs to be manually deselected. But more on that in the following section of this report.

Even if you manage to close the fake notification, it will only reappear as long as adware is installed on your device. Thus, if you want to remove Send OTP to support team scam from your screen permanently, you will need to get rid of the adware.

How to prevent adware from installing

If you are someone who installs freeware regularly, you ought to know that in many cases, it comes with added offers. They include threats like adware, browser hijackers and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). While those offers are optional, they are set to install alongside the program automatically. Unless you manually prevent them from doing so. It’s not difficult to do, and all you really need to do is opt for Advanced (Custom) settings when given the option during freeware installation. Those settings will make all offers visible, and allow you to deselect everything. If the program does indeed have something attached, you need to uncheck the box(es). After you have done that, you may continue installing the program.

You probably won’t pick up a serious infection this way, but it’s still best to avoid unwanted installations. And it’s much easier to uncheck a couple of boxes than it is to later have to uninstall pesky programs.

“Send OTP to support team” alerts aim to trick users into calling scammers

The Send OTP to support team alert will pop-up out of the blue and go full screen. You will be unable to simply exit the full screen and close the window as your browser will essentially be locked. And even if you do manage to somehow close the window, it will simply reappear. This will go on until you get rid of the adware that’s causing the alerts.

We recommend paying no attention to the contents of the alerts, as everything in it is bogus. While usually such alerts warn about malware or stolen data, this one claims you need to enter your update code. The alert will display a one time update code and you supposedly need to provide it to the technicians whose numbers is provided in the same alert. While we have not checked or called the number, we can guarantee that if you were to call, you would be asked to provide remote access to your computer. If you grant their request, they would steal important-looking files and install questionable software. In the end, you would be asked to pay a couple of hundred dollars. This is typical tech-support scammer behaviour, no matter which type of scam it is.

While it should be obvious, there is no need to call these numbers, no matter what an alert may claim. No company will ever make unsolicited contact in this way, certainly not Windows and not Apple. You have to be the one to initiate the contact if you ever need their tech-support.

Send OTP to support team removal

In order to exit the window, you can try Task Manager. Press Ctrl+ Alt+ Del and open Task Manager. Find your browser’s process in the list (it should appear near the top), and end it. This should close the pesky window. You will then need to delete Send OTP to support team adware. Anti-spyware software should be able to get rid of it for you. However, you can also uninstall Send OTP to support team adware manually, for which we will provide instructions below this article.

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