anyone else getting this pop-up?

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it's a pop-up saying that my computer might be at risk. It popped up here in WP by the way.

here's what I get initially:


and then I try to turn it off and it takes me to an animated page where it looks like it's scanning.

IDK I once had a pop up using an icon that looked like my security system. It said I was at immediate risk and should click on to remedy the problem. What it actually did was let the problem in. It completely ruined my computer.

If I had looked more closely I would have noticed misspellings and grammatical errors that would have tipped me off that it was bogus.

still here.

...or delete your cookies/cache and history...

It's a scam. Don't click OK you will just infect your computer with something nasty.

Close the box with the X at the top right.

If in doubt just unplug your modem and shutdown your computer without clicking anything else at all. Maybe overkill but depending on what permissions you have allowed in your browser you could trigger a malware install.

I never get any pop-ups like that, but then I use Firefox with pop-ups blocked and various add-ons that keep such crap out including all the adverts that apparently appear on WP. Not that I've ever seen any adverts on here, but others who use Microsoft I.E. say they get them.

There is a banner ad on WP that for two days now has been triggering Avast! Malware warnings for me. I don't get it anywhere else, but its popped up here three times now. I don't know which ad it is because Avast! shuts down my browser when it happens and by the time I reopen its a different ad, but it always happens just as I'm changing to a fresh page and the ads are loading.

You may want to scan your computer for malware or trojans. You can do a free scan by visiting http://housecall.trendmicro.com

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I use firefox browswer, with adblocker plus
and "remove it permanently" plugin also.

No ads ever seen here.

I never get that kind of pop-ups.

I'm a happy Apple user

In the title .CN is mentioned. Everything with .cn on internet is bad (except for 1%)

Useful general rule: When you are offered something on internet you did not ask for, it is dangerous.

Now you have clicked the window it will be useful to run an extensive scan for spyware and viruses.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com is okay.

I use Spybot S&D to scan for spyware and Avast for virusscans.