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Default Should I give a damn about this warning ??? - 04-16-2005, 01:12 AM
This just popped up while I was surfing.


[url=http://www.imageshack.us:736a0][img]http://img210.echo.cx/img210/8989/virus4is.jpg[/img][/url:736a0]

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Default 04-16-2005, 01:15 AM
looks like a pop up add. Its a IE window, if you have active virus scanning i would expect a Norton or PCC window. Do some research into the virus without clicking ok, run a virus scan if your really worried. I wouldnt click anything on that window though.
  
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looks like a pop up add. Its a IE window, if you have active virus scanning i would expect a Norton or PCC window. Do some research into the virus without clicking ok, run a virus scan if your really worried. I wouldnt click anything on that window though.
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 04:24 AM
Best popup ever
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 04:53 AM
http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois?form ... 54.213.100

Thats the ip in the popup and its german
also notice the spelling mistake where they put throw instead of through
also the port is 443 which is used for ssl connections to https sites
so basicly yeah it is a hoax
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 06:00 AM
The wording alone is suspect.

"Your privacy and security are in danger"

Windows would never say something like that.
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 07:31 AM
Looks to me like the Nigerians have found a new scam.
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 07:36 AM
Paying them to help bring a bunch of money into the country that they'll share with you isn't cutting it anymore, huh?
  
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Default Re: Should I give a damn about this warning ??? - 04-16-2005, 07:38 AM
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This just popped up while I was surfing.


[url=http://www.imageshack.us:f04b8][img]http://img210.echo.cx/img210/8989/virus4is.jpg[/img][/url:f04b8]
"illegal access to your computer throw port 443."

I don't think you have to worry about anything other than adware.
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 08:00 AM
rofl I get a pop up like that probably everytime I visit this site....its just bullshit..carry on

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Default 04-16-2005, 08:25 AM
If you really want to know, change your theme from the blue and orange theme to anything else. Then, if a blue and orange pop-up appears, and you've got, say.. silver and red, or blue and grey, then you dont need to worry about it.
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 09:08 AM
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rofl I get a pop up like that probably everytime I visit this site....its just bullshit..carry on
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Default 04-16-2005, 11:34 AM
First time I saw it I had to stop and read it, because just like you I thought it was serious.

Then I came back to my sense and realized it was in a Browser Window.
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 12:45 PM
Damn Nigerians
  
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Default 04-16-2005, 02:03 PM
Case closed.

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