At log-in Firefox stated that it was having a problem closing tabs and directed me to click a tab to continue, which I did, and sexually explicit images appeared on the screen and when I tried to close the screen, another screen popped up with additional
At log-in Firefox the screen opened up with the message "Oops, We're embarrassed, we are having trouble closing tabs" or similar wording directing me to click on a tab to continue, which I did. At which time a screen full of rows of thumbnail pictures of a young girl in appeared on the screen. Some of the pictures had the girl imitating a sexual act. When I tried to close out of the screen by clicking on the 'X' at the top right of the screen, another screen opened with another larger picture of this little girl. I finally got out of Firefox. When I open it up again the message wasn't on the screen. As these pictures were disturbing I cleared them out of my history. My questions are - 1. Since these pictures appeared to be of a minor, can you backtrack to the source to find out where they originated and have something done about the individual who posted them? And, 2. - Did my clicking on the link as directed - by Firefox, I thought - open my computer up to the personal information on my computer being compromised?
This happened
Just once or twice
== Around 11:30 on Sat June 19th
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It looks like you have some malware.
Have you tried running an antivirus scan?
Some free antivirus options:
http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html http://www.avira.com/en/download/index.html
Malware program recommendations:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/ AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php http://forum.aumha.org/ http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
Is my computer not safe to use until I run an anti-virus program? Does this malware give these people access to my computer anytime I'm on, whether I'm on on or off line?
Is my computer not safe to use until I run an anti-virus program? Does this malware give these people access to my computer anytime I'm on, whether I'm on on or off line?