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United States Department of Justice virus

Learn how to protect your computer against this virus.

Imagine you’re online on your favorite website. You click on
a link and this message pops upon your computer screen.

You heart drops and panic sets in. You scramble thinking
about how would you get $300 to pay this fine. You try restarting your computer
thinking this is just a pop up however it DOES
NOT
go away. What are you going to do?

Fortunately, there is a solution. This pop-up is part of a
virus called the U.S Department of Justice Virus. It is pretty common to get
when your anti-virus software is not up to date. You can click on a harmful
link online to easily pick up this virus.

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Click here to find out how to remove this virus. (For PCs only.)

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