Yahoo answers hacked?

I tried answering a question and I got a popup stating my machine had some crazy virus that was stealing my contacts, credit card numbers blah blah and to call Microsoft Tech support with a number to dial. Obviously a scam.

ajtheactress2018-02-05T18:11:58Z

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Yahoo has gaps in it that allow scammers to pop up the messages you got.

Close your browser, clear your history and do not respond to the scammers.

Daniel2018-02-08T20:36:59Z

Yahoo Answers is not Hacked your Computer Likely has Malware on it do a Spyware/Virus scan on your Computer and Delete anything that it Finds

Sharon2018-02-06T16:38:00Z

You may have malware. Run a malware scan to check for that: https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Anonymous2018-02-06T00:09:54Z

I don't think the popup has anything to do with Yahoo Answers.

kelvin2018-02-05T20:57:33Z

yes that is a huge scam

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