An article on Stuff this morning about the malware.&nbsp; Apparently it was caused by a rogue ad.&nbsp; I suspect that is why it affected you, Michael, when you were in gmail - if there was a rogue ad in Google ads as well.<br><br><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/4327172a28.html?source=RSStech_20071217">
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4327172a28.html?source=RSStech_20071217</a><br><br>J<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 17, 2007 9:31 AM, James Pluck &lt;<a href="mailto:papabearnz@gmail.com">papabearnz@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Oddly enough I had the same thing pop up for the first time over the weekend.&nbsp; I notice that the close box is linked to the ok button *grrr*&nbsp; Luckily I can just disconnect from the net easily so no harm done.
<br><br>For me it seemed to be triggered by running a google search.
<br><br>J<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 15, 2007 2:49 PM, Michael McDonald &lt;<a href="mailto:mikencolleen@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikencolleen@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Has anyone else had problems with this site? &nbsp;It pops up a message<br>telling you your computer is running slowly, scans your disk (I don&#39;t<br>think it does , just makes believe it does), tells you you&#39;ve got<br>
viruses, and tries to download fixes.
<br><br>Now, the interesting thing is that I&#39;ve triggered it twice in the last<br>few weeks, but I haven&#39;t the foggiest idea how. &nbsp; I&#39;ve got a suspicion<br>it may have been triggered by from my Gmail page, but when going back
<br>over my actions everything seems normal.<br><br>Of course, since I&#39;m running Ubuntu/Firefox I&#39;m not unduly worried.<br>I&#39;m curious to know how I got directed there from supposedly safe<br>sites (if it wasn&#39;t Gmail, then it must have been Computerworld NZ).
<br><br>I did a bit of a Google and came across this discussion on an Apple<br>forum. &nbsp;Knowing the fierce loyalty of Mac owners and their claims of<br>immunity from Internet problems, it was interesting to see that they<br>

also had the same experience as me ... but no clues as to why it was<br>happening.<br><a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1239037&amp;tstart=0" target="_blank">http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1239037&amp;tstart=0
</a><br><br>Now, this makes me worried for the Windows community. &nbsp;It would be<br>extremely difficult for them to avoid damage in this instance.<br>Closing the window in the normal fashion just gets you further into<br>the mire. &nbsp;I don&#39;t know just what protection the standard anti-virus /
<br>anti-spyware programs and firewalls will give a Windows user ... and I<br>certainly don&#39;t want to experiment to find out!<br><br>Have you got any information / data / comments that you can add?<br><br>Michael<br>
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