Website popout thing

[JohnKristian]

So, i was on a website, and i got a popup, it redirected me to a site and it said i was watching illegal content and something about money, i couldent close my browser so i hit the restart button.

When computer started everything is running as normal, i did scan with malwarebytes and windows defender and i dident find anything. Was this just a simple popup and not a virus? can i be sure it dident effect the computer? cause atleast i can't find it and it havent reduced the computer speed etc.

 

[Alec Mowat]

Maybe, but Ad-blocker Plus is your friend. You should move to Firefox or Chrome.

 

[JohnKristian]

Maybe, but Ad-blocker Plus is your friend. You should move to Firefox or Chrome.

I use Chrome with adblock.

 

[Alec Mowat]

Maybe, but Ad-blocker Plus is your friend. You should move to Firefox or Chrome.

I use Chrome with adblock.

Well, stop browsing illegal content.

 

[USAFRet]

Scareware.

1. You were on a shady site
2. You got a popup, and you clicked on it

Don't do that.

 

[Guest]

Yep, I've seen this before. Must be that phony FBI warning. Fortunately, the one you saw was only a pop-up. It probably did not install anything on your computer.

 

[adamwinn]

It sounds like you escaped without harm. I highly suggest installing Ad Block or something similar to minimize these incidents in the future. You can also turn off autoplay of plugins (Java, Flash, etc.) - it can really help prevent drive by infections. Since enabling both, I've never had an issue.

 

[Guest]

I'm using Adblock Plus myself and it did not stop this. If you've set Firefox to re-open to the last page when it crashes or after killing the firefox.exe process, it will always re-open to that same page. You need to go into the Options and disable that feature. Otherwise, you'll have the impression that your browser or computer have been compromised.