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.... He browses to websites that have that message pop up that says a virus has been detected. The message is actually something that is programed into the website and not comping from your antivirus software. The best thing to do is hit alt-ctrl-delete and close your browser from the task manager. Trying to nagagate away is usually unsucessful and clicking on the offer to "clean up" your machine is what actually infects you.




There is the answer that avoids the entire hassle altogether.

Teach your children (and wives) well.

If you encounter that kind of message, use Ctrl-Alt-Del to shut down the browser. You can then just start the browser again, but don't try to surf back to that page again, for example, if you have IE8, don't accept its offer to restore the previous session, tell it to go to your home page.

Works every time it is tried.


--Mac