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Old 10-05-11, 09:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Is it just me or is anyone else getting the a similar warning when opening a new page on Techwatch this morning? Only happening on this site.
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Is it just me or is anyone else getting the a similar warning when opening a new page on Techwatch this morning? Only happening on this site.
its asking me to install java and keeps popping up with a pdf asking if i want to save it?
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"Blackhole exploit blocked"
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its asking me to install java and keeps popping up with a pdf asking if i want to save it?
Don't do that. Read about Blackhole.
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Are you still getting this message??
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getting this brian...
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then ie crashes
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my antivirus (ESET/Nod) has blocked lopolop web page twice this morning, but as I have a number of pages open I didn't know where it was generating from
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Yep. Everytime I left click on anything.
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