The hell is up with this stupid anti-virus ad?

[Kerog]

I'm looking around on these forums I go to an all of a sudden out of no where comes up a box saying I need to download this anti-virus program because I'm infected. So I close the box off and it changes the page to a fake page, and it shows "My Computer" in XP but I have Vista, and it says my computer is getting infected. I keep closing the ad and when I go back to the forums I go to it keeps popping up.

Is there anyway to make this annoying ad stop?

[Ad Bot]

[DracoSoul]

Okay, so I'm searching around one of the forums I go to, and all of a sudden this ad pops up saying I'm infected. So then it takes me to this page which is obviously fake because it looked like Windows XP and it said I was infected.

Is there anyway to make this annoying ad stop?

Get a REAL anti-virus with pop-up blocker?

[Kerog]

Get a REAL anti-virus with pop-up blocker?

Well which is a good one? Last time I used Avast! and the pop-up still came.

[Inv3rted]

It's adware. It means you already have malicious software on your computer. You should run a scan.

[Lil Robot]

I use Spybot and scan weekly.

[Miga]

It's adware. It means you already have malicious software on your computer. You should run a scan.

No it doesn't.
This happened to me on STEAM with the built-in web browser on there. I quit out of the game and completely scanned my computer for malware/viruses/trojans, nothing.

As long as you don't download the rogue antivirus program, you're fine. It has something to do with the site being infected.

But yes, if that happens, quickly close out of the page. Don't download the software. Stay off the site for a few days.

[Kerog]

I think Miga is right. My brother got the same website ad on his computer and he didn't go on it for a couple of days and he went back on and it didn't happen. So yeah I'll go off it for a couple of days and see what happens.

[dax468]

lol thats wat mcaffe site advisor does to me

[Lord Jester]

Its uploads a virus on your computer you should have got out of it

[General Nick]

Its uploads a virus on your computer you should have got out of it

It CAN upload a virus on your computer but it doesn't do it immediately.

Just do what MrCookie did, screenie for lulz and close. He sent me this hilarious pic of a fake virus thing on MSN.

[vv45689]

AGV virus protection

[SuperToxic]

AGV virus protection

You mean AVG correct?
Also, Avast! is better than AVG.

[trainman1]

i use norton i had like 1000 popups coming up at once then i got norton and boom all the pop ups were gone but the down side to norton is you have to buy it i think 10 dollars each year or 2 years i forgot

[-Mike-]

antivirus 2009 is pretty good

[Kerog]

i use norton i had like 1000 popups coming up at once then i got norton and boom all the pop ups were gone but the down side to norton is you have to buy it i think 10 dollars each year or 2 years i forgot

>norton
>trainman1