danger to ubuntu

[thomas.hoyland]

hi everyone
i was on a website in firefox and all of a sudden the window closed and i was presented with a stupid marketting message in the form of a dialogue.
it killed firefox but displayed an installation message!

any thoughts or other things bout this?

i have aegis and firestarter running
HELP! very worried

[orange2k]

Could you be more specific or post a screenshot?

[SZF2001]

Yes, screenshot please.

Maybe the website you were visiting also (unless it was pr0n, which you shouldn't post)

[thomas.hoyland]

Could you be more specific or post a screenshot?

ok
i turned off java script window resizing and when i visit the page now, it just displays nothing and i dont get the same error.

i was quite worried there
if people are still interested i will attempt to replicate the problem

[thomas.hoyland]

the website i originally visited was http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060428/ai_n16223714
about a new police drama thing

however on load it killed my window
it looks to be a javascript thing and attempts to redirect to something called drive cleaner

this is the link what killed firefox
http://www.drivecleaner.com/.freeware/?p=37&a=0ex=1&hv=10&ed=2&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]&aid=sonquiet_rdt

i was trying to replicate it for you guys but i pressed the CANCEL button when prompted, however i should have killed firefox.bin in the system monitor

would pressing any of these buttons have harmed my system?
very worried, but pleased you guys are helping
tom

[SZF2001]

Sounds like it's just a conflict with the website and the browser, like how eStarland (http://www.estarland.com) will work with Firefox on Windows, but on Firefox with Ubuntu some menus won't show or stay (like when you try to browse to the older consoles).

[orange2k]

Hehe when I opened the popup site it said I have 948 "dangerous files" on my computer and if I want to get rid of them...

It is only effecting the windows, I guess...no problem here, so don`t worry...

[Tomosaur]

Yeah it's just a popup - they often combine them with Javascript to give the impression that it's a real error message. Should be illegal, but I don't think it is. Nothing to worry about :)

[thomas.hoyland]

strange.
i too have that same number of infected files.........
i better do something about it...........

maybe i need vista, vista is good ive heard, it comes with bells.....whistles..........and a gadget bore

[thomas.hoyland]

Yeah it's just a popup - they often combine them with Javascript to give the impression that it's a real error message. Should be illegal, but I don't think it is. Nothing to worry about :)

i knew it wasnt a real error message, lol
i was just a bit worried like "oh no, spywear/adwear for linux"

it should be illegal, it annoys me so much

[lepz]

Never mind the infected files, how we gonna stop the BBC from putting out another soap? ;)

[thomas.hoyland]

Never mind the infected files, how we gonna stop the BBC from putting out another soap? ;)

ahhh, sorry, didnt see the forest for the trees on that one!
you have a good point

anybody ever watch charlie brookers screenwipe on bbc4?