DO NOT WANT

If anyone receives the pop-up for XP online scanner- DO NOT INSTALL.

I clicked "cancel" and it still popped up the install prompt, I closed that and it refused to let me exit the page- I ended up just closing my browser.

If I actually ran XP on my computer, I may have thought for a millisecond about it- but I RUN UBUNTU.

This is a scam, peoples.  DO NOT INSTALL.

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Robbbiedobbbie
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Happened to me-- but I shut down firefox before I let it do its nastiness. Gah.
The word SLEAZY springs to mind........

java janie

This just happened to Steve and I this morning! I didn't install it. Closed my browser. Then my virus software told me it had found a trojan and got rid of it for me.

jensmile
totally just happened to me! and i have a mac, that stuff NEVER happens to me.
Carol
It just popped up on my screen. My Mac won't install it, so no harm. I just closed the window.
shellakers
OMG! This just happened to me and I run XP so I tried to install it and it wouldn't let me either. It siad I had critical threats on my computer and I couldn't get rid of it wothout installing. What have I done?
Carol
You may have put a virus on your PC.
I-Luv-Eeyore

I had it pop up on me this morning. I studied it for several minutes before clicking cancel....then it proceeded to try and load anyway...I closed my browser before it finished loading. The big warning sign to me was the many misspellings.

I'll run a virus scan when I'm done for the day.

Pixiemom
Yeah, our Ubuntu run computer just had it pop up on us too. SO annoying! It came when I tried to get onto my Vox Neighborhood. I wonder if it is something that is infecting the Vox site or something for this many people to have "just" gotten it who are on this site.
AmyH
Yep - I got this just a few minutes ago. Anytime I see something "URGENT URGENT OMG YOU'LL DIE IF YOU DON'T CLICK HERE" makes me a bit skeptical. I had to shut down the browser because I couldn't get out of the sham pop-ups and install/cancel boxes.
shush now
You may want to have your guy reboot your PC in "safe" mode and scan for trojans.

If that sentence means nothing to you, just tell Ben.
shush now
A lot of people don't understand that your computer never TELLS you to install things outside of update modules or you initiating the dialog. Any time a box pops up saying "OMG YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS THIS" say no.

It's especially tricky when the dialog boxes look like a browsers install prompt and it says, "not all the information on this page is viewable" or something else like that, which is where everyone needs to understand to NEVER, EVER download from a site that is unfamiliar- especially if it's all numbers.

If it's saying your browser needs updates- shut down the current window, and go through your browsers own prompts.

Pretty much, never ever ever for any reason do something just because a little box says so. Little boxes aren't to be trusted.
LaidOutInLavender
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OMG I got that this morning too! Husband shut down our router and had to clean up the computer this morning.
jaklumen
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I believe this is the deliverer of the current manifestation of the Zlob trojan.

I was struggling to help another VOXer here get rid of it.

Please, please, please, please (and MORE please)... if there are other tech-heads here that can provide me with more specific information, I would surely appreciate it. I'm looking at this as a "tech support" learning experience.

I have not been infected, but I'm guessing the AdBlock Plus FF add-on and SpywareBlaster might have something to do with it.
shush now
If you have a spyware scanner that can tell you which precise file is infected, all you'd need to do is boot up in safe mode (so that the file isn't running) and delete it.

The hard part is finding the infected file.
Cori

I've had the same thing happen to me. I shut down the browser. I'm going to do a scan of my computer to make sure I'm okay.

northerngeek

It is a pain in the butt to get rid of, but here is the tool you need. Before you run this, run a spyware scan with the free version of Spyware Doctor. Then put Smitfraud on your desktop, reboot in safe mode then run it.

http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php

Cimmorene
Something like this happened to me, too. Just out of no where, I land on this website which claims to have scanned my computer and found a trojan and some porn and one other thing I didn't recognize. I didn't click any buttons, but I was so mad. I shut down the browser and ran Windows defender, which said there was nothing wrong. Then I ran a free online antivirus scan, which also said there was nothing wrong and, for good measure, I downloaded the trial version of AVG and ran that. That turned up like one problem, which was easily removed. I'm still angry at that website and it's bogus "virus scan". MSN actually does have a virus scanner that you can download, but they don't force it on you. Considering how bad things are in this world, I wish that scam artists and anti-religionists would stop messing with people's heads and concentrate on making things better.
stevie
Ditto here. Had to quick shut Firefox. It is a dastardly thing!

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