Answer an infected-phone pop-up
How a pop-up knows your phone model, and why the virus count is invented.
A web page is told your phone model and browser, so it can fit the screen. Nothing more.
It cannot see viruses or a battery. The count and the countdown were written before you arrived.
Key points
- A web page cannot scan a phone or count viruses
- Close the page from the browser’s own list of open pages
What to remember
- Close it from the browser’s own list of pages.
- Knowing the model is ordinary. The virus count is invented.
Try this
Find the list of open pages in your browser now: the small number by the address. Close one.
Practice: Answer an infected-phone pop-up. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.