netsurfelf
2008-10-31, 12:22
Hello~
First when I went to my e-mail to activate this account (Spybot Forums) it looked like it had already been clicked on. Is this possible? Only seconds had passed from registration to going to my e-mail. Subject line, etc., not in it's usual 'new mail' bold print. Never have seen that happen before. But I activated the forum account okay. So not sure what that was.
Original Issue:
Was looking up info about the 'rick-roll' videos history - went to an unintended site (mean to go to a different one I'd seen before). Wound up @:
http: // rick-rolld.com
Twice because the first time it happened I had another site open, too and so I actually was not sure which on was the culprit.
Took over my computer screen. A large pop-up flashed on and off from left to right. There even bogus instruction to clock on C+Alt+Delete to make it stop. This did not work. Had to do a manual shut down each time.
Is this possibly a virus or just a pain? I'm scanning now. I have a McAffee security suite, Spybot and the free A2 Anti-trojan as I have to upgrade again to the paid one. The free one does not have real time scanning so I have to initiate it manually.
Could not see how to submit the website to McAffe (which had the green "safe" checkmark next to it ) Google search results. Could that be a mistake or is it really safe? Not able to see how to send it in properly to A2 either.
Advice? Should I be worried about any of this?
Thanks~
First when I went to my e-mail to activate this account (Spybot Forums) it looked like it had already been clicked on. Is this possible? Only seconds had passed from registration to going to my e-mail. Subject line, etc., not in it's usual 'new mail' bold print. Never have seen that happen before. But I activated the forum account okay. So not sure what that was.
Original Issue:
Was looking up info about the 'rick-roll' videos history - went to an unintended site (mean to go to a different one I'd seen before). Wound up @:
http: // rick-rolld.com
Twice because the first time it happened I had another site open, too and so I actually was not sure which on was the culprit.
Took over my computer screen. A large pop-up flashed on and off from left to right. There even bogus instruction to clock on C+Alt+Delete to make it stop. This did not work. Had to do a manual shut down each time.
Is this possibly a virus or just a pain? I'm scanning now. I have a McAffee security suite, Spybot and the free A2 Anti-trojan as I have to upgrade again to the paid one. The free one does not have real time scanning so I have to initiate it manually.
Could not see how to submit the website to McAffe (which had the green "safe" checkmark next to it ) Google search results. Could that be a mistake or is it really safe? Not able to see how to send it in properly to A2 either.
Advice? Should I be worried about any of this?
Thanks~