Weird Popup when accessing forumns

I've gotten this pop-up twice. It basicly comes up and says it scanned my computer for viruses and then says i need to download something to remove then because of the viruses is a trojan that steals bank codes and stuff. However i have not interacted with the popup at all so I know it isnt legit. I ignored it the 1st time I got it when accessing the forums on my PC, but then I got the same popup when accessing the forumns on my laptop. Also when it pops up a dialog box appears asking me if i want to run this download or ignore, so i tested it on my laptop and it doesnt matter where you click on the dialog box a windows message still pops up asking if you are sure you want to run this.
Anyways im here wondering what this is and why I have only had this happen when accessing the forumns and if others have had similar experiences.

just ignore it. Its just trying to get you to istall spyware.

I highly recommend running a spyware scanner or two and depending on the results you get from that an online virus scan from a recognizable company (e.g. microsoft, kaspersky, trend micro, etc.) Random pop-ups could be a sign of potential spyware/adware problems already on your computer.

Clean you’re browsing history and if it comes up again exit it via Task Manager (scan for a virus as well can’t hurt)

i knew it was trying to get me to download spyware, and i just did a quick scan with trend micro which i have had for 3 months now and not even 1 cookie that it didnt like, i will do a full scan later

alright. this is VERY VERY important. i know this virus very well, it's infected several of my household's computers several times. It is very very important you do exactly what I say or it will continuously infect your computer, causing popups, not only the ones requesting to run the fake virus scan, but also other popups. This spyware is extremely malicious, and is an anti-spyware detector spyware program.


ANY TIME that it pops up on you again, DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING, EVEN CANCEL, ON THEIR POPUP MENUS. press control+alt+delete and manually end it. next, it is very difficult to get rid of it for good. If you do not have AVG antispyware, i highly recommend you download it as soon as possible, it fights this program very well. and do it quickly, because as i said, this spyware is anti-antispyware programming. If not taken care of promptly, the spyware will actually stop you from downloading antispyware programs from the internet, and also stop you from even reading about anything that could fight it. I once attempted to google results to help me remove this thing, and it actually shut down my computer as soon as I opened the help page. Now, back to AVG. Run a FULL SCAN of your computer, not just a smart scan. this should catch it, and prevent it from coming back. If it does not stop it from coming back, you should get a professional geek to help you, because there's nothing anyone can tell you that could help from a remote position without having more information.

i really hope this helps, it's really a pain to have your computer infected by this thing.

It smells of virtumonde to me....

Ok, I did a full scan on my PC, trend micro did find a TROJ_Generic.DIT and successfully removed it.

I get pop ups even when I am logged in I just ignore them and click close on the task bar.I then clean my browers at my homepage being google.Ths happens to me mostly on vb boards don't know why those with ads anyway..

Are you running any anti-spyware programs? (Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware, Spyware Blaster...) If so you should do a full scan with them. If not, I would recommend you taking your pop-up problem to another forum site that I used when my previous computer had virus/spyware issues (bleepingcomputer dot com). They are very good at what they do. And best of all, it doesn't cost anything.
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I am referring to the OP...

^Who are you referring to?

If you care for your computer, don't click anywhere on the popup but the [X] button to close the popup window. 99% of the time you will do more harm than good from allowing a non-reputable company scan your computer contents for ANY reason.

Please go to www.microsoft.com and follow links to get a good reliable spyware removal tool.

I too have gotten this pop up from Guru trying to get me to download mal-ware claiming to be a virus scan. It was pretty vicious as even when I tried to x out of it, it would keep coming up.
This needs to get removed NOW. Whatever it is, it is specifically tied to this site and one of their advertisers.

That is one thing i was wondering about too hawk; where it came from. For me it came up on both of my computer while looking at the guru forums.

To Healing Fool: I'm already paying for trend micro anti-virus virus protection and spyware protection, so i see no need to download more programs to do what its already suppose to, i know what your talking about is free but, trend micro has been real good for me so far.

yes, guru advertising occasionally hosts spyware/adware. this is neither the first, nor, likely, the last time.

spyware s&d
ccleaner
firefox

all make surfing friendlier, and forums less destructive to your pc.

yes i have been using firefox for some time now cause i read somewhere that the active x control of internet explorer can be a security threat

The thing about spyware/adware and viruses is that not one single software program can or will ever catch 100%. 'Tis your pc, but when I had my problem on my old pc, I ran several different programs and online virus scans and some found stuff that the others had missed. Whichever way you go, I wish you good luck getting rid of whatever it is you may have hiding on your pc.

Been getting it ever since last night, every new page I visit here. I also happened to me a few months back. Guess I stop coming here for a while.

The offender is fun6677.com/js/index.js

Someone else can do all the whois/tracert stuff to find out more abt that site...

There is a post about this on the site feedback forum. Clearly it is an issue with the current guru adds.

I was going to post a thread similar to this..Every time I come to this site my antivirus tells me that it has blocked some malicious software coming from the ads on this site...And you have to pay to disable ads, neat