i should have ignored the malware thing when it popped up right?
and should i have anything to worry about since i actually clicked it and opened it.
also, my AVG test says there isnt anything 'deadly' in my laptop, so i should be safe right...?

thanks.

Post edited at 6:57 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 by joziah

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am i real?are you real?
i cant tell anymore please just fix me

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Do you have XP?

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erm...yeah. mine's a window xp. if that's what you are asking...

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It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus  or simialr products up to date.

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Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says.

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sry ill try not to do ur labtop anymore..
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on further note ur labtop may just be running slow cuz of to many programs open?

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that's ok. if you screw it up, i'll just make sure you get me a new one. haha....

yeah. i think it's youtube actually. cos it was running fine before i opened youtube.

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Quote: from Al Legator at 3:57 am on Feb. 19, 2008

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It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus  or simialr products up to date.

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Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says.

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i really hope this is the case.

hope this one isnt a real virus like what esmiss says...><
i usually dont click pop-ups....god knows what i was thinking just now  

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Quote: from dinosaur egg at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18, 2008

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Quote: from Al Legator at 3:57 am on Feb. 19, 2008

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It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus  or simialr products up to date.

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 Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says.

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i really hope this is the case.  

hope this one isnt a real virus like what esmiss says...><
i usually dont click pop-ups....god knows what i was thinking just now  

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We all click on a wrong link now and then, but I would personally not be worried at all. I let AVG run every night, do all anti-spyware measures plus a rootkit revealer now and then.
Now, one piece of advice, legal or not - if you do download software from torrent sites, never install it right then. AVG usually needs some time (up to three weeks) to get some new virus signatures (usually trojans in illegal keygens). As long as they just sit there, nothing will happen.

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Quote: from dinosaur egg at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18, 2008

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Quote: from Al Legator at 3:57 am on Feb. 19, 2008

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It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus or simialr products up to date.

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 Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says.

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i really hope this is the case.  

hope this one isnt a real virus like what esmiss says...><
i usually dont click pop-ups....god knows what i was thinking just now

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well, on my old computer, i clicked on one of those, and my whole computer crashed the instant the program started doing a system scan, but since yours didn't crash after you did it, then i don't think its possible that you have a virus.