Originally Posted by
IBobi
Hi everyone,
Once again, there is *no* malware on FlyerTalk.
We are working to determine which advertisement is causing this messaging to occur.
This kind of advertising is *not* approved by FT, and will immediately be blocked when it is located. Meanwhile, be assured that despite the message it shows you, you do not have a virus (from this) and FT is not infected. This is an advertisement that appears to be exploiting a hole in *Internet Explorer* to show a *false* virus alert.
One way to avoid it is to switch browsers to Chrome or Firefox.
I'll update as soon as I have new information; thank you for your continued patience while we work to block this ad.
Paul
All due respect Paul, there clearly IS malware on FlyerTalk, or at very least, something behaving like malware to scare users into action.
Now, you may not have approved it, you may not appreciate it, you may not want it here, but it's here, and it's coming in from an ad on your site.
Therefore, it IS "your problem."
I would hope you and your team would address this issue head-on and notify your community about this - which just impacted me a few minutes ago! - by prominently displaying a warning about this issue until you are 100% certain it has been resolved and the offending ad removed from circulation by the vendor supplying your ads.
Otherwise, you're going to rapidly lose credibility with your users.
Just my $0.02 worth, of course...