pop up message claiming to be MS Defender

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I got a popup claiming to be MS Defender reporting that it found something. It was a pulsating visual message with a blue background giving me a support telephone number to call. I ran a full scan myself and found nothing. The message disappeared after I did that. Should I take this seriously or is this a hoax.?Karen

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