Kreij
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I just experienced a new redirect-style virus/trojan. It displays as a "popup" malicious code warning. It gives one the impression that it is a notice from IE (except for the bad grammar).
Doing a Ctrl-Alt-Del and killing the entire IE application stopped it. Seems to happen on Firefox too from internet comments.
People state that trying to use conventional methods to remove popup (X button, etc.) starts a fake virus scan (I can't verify as I whacked it immediately).
The popup displays the text ...
Currently running Malwarebytes (full scan) with latest updates ... Nothing so far.
Note : This popped up when I tried to access a dictionary site.
Just a heads-up.
Doing a Ctrl-Alt-Del and killing the entire IE application stopped it. Seems to happen on Firefox too from internet comments.
People state that trying to use conventional methods to remove popup (X button, etc.) starts a fake virus scan (I can't verify as I whacked it immediately).
The popup displays the text ...
Warning! On your computer detected the malicious code. Should immediately make sure that your system is safe!
Killing Hazard (R) for Microsoft Windows XP immediately started to work
Currently running Malwarebytes (full scan) with latest updates ... Nothing so far.
Note : This popped up when I tried to access a dictionary site.
Just a heads-up.
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