WTF? Internet explorer virus warning pop up? W32 RPC

[Wah]

I just got this little Internet Explorer pop up that says

Virus Warning !!!
W32 RPC Virus Detected.

Click on OK
to Scan and Clean

and then there is an OK and a Cancel button...

should I hit OK?

 

[minendo]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1114282&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

 

[Gunslinger08]

No.

Download the Symantec Blaster removal tool and run it in safe mode.

 

[clicknext]

Internet Explorer popup? Sounds like a fake... run a virus scan and download the thingy they mentioned anyway.

 

[loup garou]

Turn off your messenger service.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: clicknext
Internet Explorer popup? Sounds like a fake... run a virus scan and download the thingy they mentioned anyway.

Yep. Fake. Hit Alt+F4 to close it.

Got this a few days ago when browsing MSN.

 

[ElFenix]

sounds like an ad to me

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
sounds like an ad to me

 

[Wah]

bastards... it was a pop up ad. :|

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: Wah
bastards... it was a pop up ad. :|

Yep, I had the same thing from MSNBC.com -- most obnoxious pop-up ad EVER.

 

[clicknext]

Originally posted by: Wah
bastards... it was a pop up ad. :|

Not too surprising.

 

[bsobel]

What company was the ad for?
Bill