Below is a link to an article from Malwarebytes Lab explaining tech support scams:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/tech-support-scams/
Some recent examples that I collected on 05/02/17 are shown below.
Network Activity:
- 174.137.155.139 – xml.pdn-1.com – 302 redirect to tech support scam
- 107.180.1.35 – binmsisooso.life – Tech support scam landing page
- 46.30.213.100 – bunt.truncomp.com – Tech support scam server
Network Activity:
- 52.85.77.67 – failure-alert3732.16yl68767660.com-cb0-vy45f63k.site – Tech support scam landing page
- 52.85.77.250 – failure-alert3732.16yl68767660.com-cb0-vy45f63k.site – Tech support scam landing page
Network Activity:
- 198.134.116.30 – xml.kds.media – 302 redirect to fooseshoes.usmart.co.in
- 43.255.154.66 – fooseshoes.usmart.co.in – 301 redirect tech support scam page at hxxps://s3.amazonaws.com/ap52wins/networksecurity.html
Network Activity:
- 108.59.13.24 – served.tequilan.club – 302 redirect to hxxp://xml.pdn-1.com/click?adv=1375295&i=vj7-hgkBI5w_0
- 174.137.155.139 – xml.pdn-1.com – 302 redirect to tech support scam page
- 54.231.184.231 – bgyterhjklopiyu.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com – Tech support scam page
And here is another tech support scam page being hosted by amazonaws.com:
This warning says that the user’s hard drive will be deleted if they close the page. However, it won’t.
It is pretty easy for users to kill these annoying tech support pages. Simply ignore their warnings and kill your browser via Windows Task Manager.