If for some time now you’ve been seeing pop-ups or tabs saying that your computer has been blocked due to Error 268d3-xc00037 is probably because you’re being the victim of a malvertising (malicious advertising) campaign. Behind this campaign there must be an adware or some other unwanted program.
The good news is that your computer is in no way blocked, everything explained on the Error 268d3-xc00037 is false, all that is just a way to scare you enough so you call the toll number given on the fake message, where someone will talk to you to convince you to pay for some useless program.
The program showing this message can be considered a scareware, a group of programs that take advantage of fear inflicted on users to sell them something.
To remove Error 268d3-xc00037 you must find out where the program behind it is hidden. To do this manually by browsing your files and folders in hope of finding some suspicious file is a lost cause. The best way to deal with this is to use specific tools that can both scan and clean your computer. We have selected the best ones to be included in our guide, all of them free.
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