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There was a virus pop up...?
So, I went to this one page, after searching for a tutorial.
It was a virus pop up that was along the lines of "Windows Antivirus 2013 detected a virus! Press OK to start scanning!"
Obviously, I didn't click OK, but I logged off.
So my question is, did the virus actually download, or did I stop it...?
(And yeah, I did do a full scan, but some files weren't scanned because of something.
Just wanted to double check.)
5 Answers
- Mike SLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
By logging off the malicious files were never downloaded to your computer.......your fine.
- 8 years ago
that's a scam
they want you to click ok and install their software. the pop-up is displayed for everyone that visits the site.
you did the right thing
Source(s): I work in IT, I've seen this many times. - 8 years ago
So long as you didn't click the window you'll be fine. The window is there merely to direct you to somewhere else that will cause the harm...
Source(s): Studying computing at university...
