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[CheddarChick]

Has anyone else had a "your computer has a virus and you need to push this button to clean it up"...screen pop up while on Scubaboard??? It hasn't happened anywhere else to me but here..... course...I do spend most of my time here

 

[PhilF]

I never get any pop ups on Scubaboard, just the normal (dive related) ads at the top and left side.

 

[HowardE]

It's not SB. SB DOES NOT have Pop-ups.

You have spyware or "malware" and "Anti-Virus 2009" is not the solution - it IS a virus - DO NOT download ANTI-VIRUS 2009.

 

[CheddarChick]

Oh absolutely..Howard is right...NEVER click on anything you don't have 1st hand knowledge of...I did run my Malwarebites software and nothing showed up...

 

[HowardE]

Let me re-enforce... As an SB admin. We do not have pop-ups except the "PM Notifications" and the like. Absolutely no third party pop-ups.

 

[CheddarChick]

Thanks Howard....Keep us safe...

 

[CheddarChick]

I went and did a google on this and found out the following on Avast:
News at avast

They sent me to:

What to Do If You Saw an ‘Antivirus’ Pop-Up Ad - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com