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Cyril
03-14-2004, 05:58 AM
Watch out using Novasearch. AV picked up potential virus when trying to open a pop-up. Didn't get detauls, well actually AVG had no information on the virus.

Kevhead2
03-14-2004, 06:34 AM
Can you get a virus from a pop up

CPU1
03-14-2004, 06:47 AM
dotn think u can but u can from the internet files u are getting when going to site

S!X
03-14-2004, 07:01 AM
theres spyware that changes your homepage on there :angry:

vampiro
03-14-2004, 03:14 PM
you can get a virus in a pop up if it encoded in the HTML coz i got nimda from a pop up and totaly fucked me hardrive

Sparkle1984
03-14-2004, 05:35 PM
Surely it's best to just install some kind of pop-up blocker?

Samurai
03-14-2004, 05:36 PM
don&#39;t think they thought that far... it was probably spyware <_<

Switeck
03-14-2004, 11:15 PM
Unless you&#39;ve run most/all the latest windows/IE patches, it&#39;s possible for a web page to use a script to FORCE a download-and-run on your computer even without using a pop-up. Blame Microsoft&#39;s accidental bugs for that, not their malice. :P