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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 2:26 am
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LGANightOwl
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I, too, have been redirected to "Fake AV sites" for the last couple of days and thought there was a virus on my computer until I found this thread.

I just got a redirect and noticed something different: In previous instances, I was redirected to another website entirely without control. Just now, a pop up occurred that informed me that I had viruses on my computer and I should scan my computer, yes or no? Not sure if I did the right thing or not, but I just x'ed out the box and resumed.

Perhaps something in the offending ad has changed?

Also, is it an ad that's causing this issue? I only get the redirect when initially coming to FT. But once on FT, it doesn't matter how many pages I go through, I don't see the issue again. If a particular ad is an issue, wouldn't I get redirects on multiple occasions rather than just the initial connect?
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