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Never click anywhere in a pop-up window. Even buttons labeled "Cancel" or "Close" or a red-X button in the upper-right corner are dangerous to click; doing so could trigger an infection--the opposite of what you'd expect.

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To safely close a pop-up window, locate the button in your Taskbar that corresponds to the pop-up. Normally, the button and the pop-up will have the same title. Right click on the button and select Close.

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If that doesn't work, you need to use the Windows Task Manager to close the pop-up. Press simultaneously the CTRL, ALT, and DEL keys, and, from the resulting window, click the Task Manager button. In the Task Manager, click the Applications tab, then select the pop-up window from the list and click the End Task button. If you're unsure of which task corresponds to the pop-up, close all the browser tasks in the list.

 

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If you need a "powerful" idea, see some alternative ideas for how to safely close this type of pop-up