script/fake alert caused by an ad

One (or more, not sure) of the cycling ads on here is a fake alert that tells you that you have a virus and to call a specified number for assistance. The only way I could close it was to disconnect from the internet and ctrl-alt-del to use task manager to close the browser. I hadn't installed an ad blocker on this browser yet, and doing so has stopped the alert from happening again. I don't know how many others have seen this, but I figured I'd point it out so an admin could look into it.

Yep I got that same thing what a pain!!!!

Same here, but it only happens if I use the IE browser. Doesn't seem to happen (so far) when I use either the FireFox or Iron browsers.

It's the same scam as the old "Windows/Microsoft reports your PC has a virus" telephone scam where they take your PC hostage if you don't pay them to remove the so called "virus". Only this method is started with a script vs calling you on the phone to get the scam rolling.

Until the script gets removed from the site I guess the best idea is to delete all temp internet files and then avoid using IE.

It's getting me on Safari also sometimes

Just realized that along with the main Avira antivirus I have on this PC both the Firefox & Iron browsers also had an extra Avira browser safety add-on. But for some reason the IE browser didn't have this extra add-on (guess I forgot).

Now that I just installed the Avira browser add-on in IE the fake scam/alert pop-ups have stopped showing up in IE on this site.