A pop up appeared on my computer screen advising that I should ring this number purporting to be a Testra Support line, concerning a security problem with my data. i.e Passwords, financial info, photos etc. I immediately rang Telstra via their published phone contact number. They confirmed that the number was not theirs; not to disclose any info, and to run internet security program such as Norton immediately.
AFTER doing so I rang the suspect number, spoke to an Indian accent man who asked to take control of my computer to fix it! On asking, he gave his "Telstra" office address as 218 Tokyo Tower, but did not know if this was in Sydney, or Queensland? SCAM!

SCAM. Kill the browser with task manager to get rid of the message.

They will try to get you to install some sort of software on your computer and gain control of it. You don't have a virus, it's all completely fake - it's just a webpage telling you that you've got a problem. Just trust your own antivirus software, that's why you installed it!

I Had the same message, then I googled it and I fount all of yours comments here, so I called and an Indian guy answered : Hello my name is Jacob, how can I help you please?
me: Hi Jacob, what is your company name?
Jacob: can I Have your full name?
me: I'm a customer and I asked about your company name?
Jacob ( with angry tone): I ASKED YOU FOR YOUR NAME.
me: heheheh,,, f*ck off.
and i hanged up the phone -_-

SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lady saying shes from microsoft support team, indian accent just hang up on her!!!!!!!a**holes!!

I got pop up message just few minutes ago. The message said my personal photo, facebook, credit card could be at risk.

I directly called the number (02) 8417 2397, but nobody answered.
What can I do in this situation?

Go into your router and block c.karmavil.info

I told him all the things I did to his mother. Not happy.

Thanks for this advice - it saved me a lot of worry and time. Regards Melinda

Yep, I've had this one twice now, but this time I rang the number and acting really dumb (came naturally..) and computer illiterate, so was able to tie the guy down for about 10 minutes before he exploded with a few choice words before hanging up. I don't think he was a Harvard man..

Got the same message as others, except it said it was from La Trobe University (whose internet I was using). I've had warnings from La Trobe's IT department and they're always appropriately branded, not this blue screen of death nonsense, so I didn't bother calling.

Howdy all....YEP YEP YEP One BIG Scam. I'm a Vivid Wireless user and I started getting this message about 10 days ago, I too phoned my provider to be informed "NO WE DON"T put messages such as this up"......SCAM SCAM SCAM :-) :-)

WHY ? Is it not possible for the police to find these scum and deal with them

Press Ctrl - Alt - Del to get to your task manager and kill the browser. These guys are scammers trying to get access to your computer

I opened my browser and almost had a heart-attack when I thought the blue screen of death had reared its ugly head, and then the pop-up message itself kept popping up and wouldn't let me exit. Very frustrating.

Hi, as per Jane this popup came out of the Apprenticeship Melbourne Website, however I was using Firefox.

Just had this happen tonight. DO NOT RESPOND!!

These guys are scammers and pretend to work for Microsoft in the USA

where is task manager on this site

Yes, the 'telstra' security warning came up when I was in Apprenticeship Melbourne / Matters website using Google. Bit of a worry that they've identified our IP address.