Virus in the forums?

[Asteroid-Man]

While browsing the forums I got a popup saying my compute had a virus - came up as a "Microsoft Security Essentials" prompt showing two "trojans"; this ITSELF was a trojan/spyware. I firmly believe it came from the boards and am currently attempting to remove it. Can this please be looked in to?

EDIT: It was easy to remove - it came in the form of a cookie, so I just deleted mine and flushed the cache, but it wanted me to download other "anti-virus programs" which were known trojans.

 

[ComicChick]

if you see it again, post screen caps so we can try to see if it's coming from the hype

 

[Morg]

sounds like the same bug from that other thread

 

[louiebling$]

Should I flush my laptop?

 

[Morg]

Should I flush my laptop?

I would use CCleaner and update your virus protection

Been running a few scans now