Hey guys, so today while navigating the interwebs my comp went to some page when I clicked on no link.
This page was colored and looked like norton antivirus and began what looked like a dl, but imo, it was a virus. So I quickly tried to close the page. A thingy popped up, and asked me whether I was sure I didnt want this antivirus, so I just forcequit FF, and shut off my computer.
What else can I do? My macbook has no security (its new). Looking for suggestions of any kind.
EDIT: Crisis gone apparently. Thank you red and ag
What was the answer to this? This has happened to me a couple times also and I did the same thing as blade.
Yeah I got a similar thing. I was checking e-mail and a box popped up when I closed saying a virus was detected and I need a free scan, and all options led to scan. It was, however, obviously fake when it listed only one hard drive on a 4-disk computer :P
Safest thing to do is just terminate your browser straight-away and not even use the close button. I've seen web viruses that simulate a real window but the entire top bar is a link. What you need to know is that although it may look like a program launching windows, it is only a JavaScript that pops up the new window on close, and unless you download anything or install plugins, there is no real virus on your computer