O_o A warning of a sort?

[elaby]

Okay, so this is the second time this has happened to me when I've been on DeviantArt, and I know some of my f'listies frequent the site, so I thought I'd post. Yesterday and today, when on DA, I got a pop-up that closed down my Firefox and said my PC was vulnerable to spyware and viruses (not sure of the exact wording). I was suspicious to begin with, seeing as I don't HAVE a PC, but then I noticed that the little red X that lets me close my windows was gone. The only option I had was to click a button in the popup that said "Okay" (I didn't; I force quit Firefox both times instead).

I dunno what it is, but I doubt anything good would happen if I had clicked "Okay." I figure since it was when I was on DeviantArt both times, it's a pop-up that you can by going there. Bogus, as my dad would say. I think I may avoid DA for a couple of days.

Comments

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

BOGUS!

[elaby.livejournal.com]

XD You dweeb!

[kcscribbler]

I believe it was only_po that said she had the same pop-up come up here on LJ, and that it's a malware that'll practically eat your computer. Very not good.

[merrick42.livejournal.com]

I've been getting that when viewing a few other regular sites of mine. If I don't manage to avoid the pop-up, I usually just force quit. Not the best way to do things, but...

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Oh crap O_O I hope there's something I can do about it.

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Have you heard anything about it actually indicating that your computer is infected with something?

[kcscribbler]

Juist don't click on it, and you should be fine. She said you have to click on it to start the malware.

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Aah, phew. Okay! Thanks :)

[coastal-spirit.livejournal.com]

That happened to me on DA last night, too. Control-Alt-Del didn't work, so I had to restart the computer. I took all the necessary precautions - the long list of things that I have to do when I run into anything like this, and then I ran a virus scan this morning (which also picks up malware and riskware) and everything seemed to be okay.

Bogus! XD

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Hee, bogus XD Good, I'm glad nothing happened to your computer either!