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If I ever find the a**hole who created these ads I'm going to clean his clock. I was using IE, clinked a link on Google, and suddenly this very realistic screen came up warning me I was infected with all these viruses and trojans and who-knows-what doorways to computer hell. Then little pop-ups come in warning me to download something from Total Security. My wife got one on AOL last night and was convinced we were infected.
Yes, tons of people get them, as long as you don't click on anything, just end task on the browser using task manager you'll be fine for the pop up variety. Download and run Malwarebytes to make sure your not infected.
You would think that people would know better by now. But then again, grifters have been using the same schemes to cheat people out of money for years so I guess some people are just gullible.
I recommend turning NoScript on. There are now many scripts which will load malware on your pc without you even clicking on an ad. All you have to do is access a website and you are infected if you have scripts running (by default). Some of these are pretty difficult to remove, requiring several steps of purging/rebooting. Best of luck!
I originally posted this because of how often I've been seeing it. I work on a library reference desk, and several weeks ago our patrons were hit with a rash of these things. They would call us over, alarmed they'd done something wrong, as it is very realistic. Several patrons had been using Facebook, but the others were using a search engine.
My first encounter on my home PC was using Google. I was looking up cycles for my son, and the fifth or sixth link I clicked opened up the "security warning". I don't think it's anything on the computer. I've been protected by Norton 360 since the PC came out of the box, and my weekly AdAware scan didn't turn up anything either.
I originally posted this because of how often I've been seeing it. I work on a library reference desk, and several weeks ago our patrons were hit with a rash of these things. They would call us over, alarmed they'd done something wrong, as it is very realistic. Several patrons had been using Facebook, but the others were using a search engine.
My first encounter on my home PC was using Google. I was looking up cycles for my son, and the fifth or sixth link I clicked opened up the "security warning". I don't think it's anything on the computer. I've been protected by Norton 360 since the PC came out of the box, and my weekly AdAware scan didn't turn up anything either.
Next up is Malwarebytes. I'll post the results.
Don't think Norton or any other AV suite will protect you. The pop up alerts are usually harmless if you kill them right away, but if an installer gets on your system the first thing they do is shut down your AV, and there are very few AV apps that can prevent it from happening.
Don't think Norton or any other AV suite will protect you. The pop up alerts are usually harmless if you kill them right away, but if an installer gets on your system the first thing they do is shut down your AV, and there are very few AV apps that can prevent it from happening.
What do you mean by installer? Is that the pop-up that prompts you to save or run the .exe file?
The library computers are networked and prevent any downloads. At home I just closed the whole thing down with out downloading anything. Can these programs bypass your AV if you don't physically download something? Thanks.
What do you mean by installer? Is that the pop-up that prompts you to save or run the .exe file?
The library computers are networked and prevent any downloads. At home I just closed the whole thing down with out downloading anything. Can these programs bypass your AV if you don't physically download something? Thanks.
Yes, the .exe file is the installer, as long as that isn't run, you should be fine, but there are some that will run without asking you.
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