Originally Posted by
Jaimito Cartero
On FT it seems to be an IE only problem. I've never seen it on Chrome, Safari, etc.
I haven't ran across it on my laptop when running Firefox either - the discussions on CC also cited triggering "false" positive running AVG, Norton and even aVast - but not M.S.E. under Vista or Windows 7 ...
Administrators on CC has noted that measures are in place due to "MALWARE ERROR MSGS: Blocked specific graphics urls at this time "
... Please note that as a result of these past two weeks we've taken steps to block specific animated pictures sites and countdown sites because we were receiving messages that those sites may contain malware downloads. If you no longer see your glittery bug or boat or countdown, this is the reason...
Here's the link for anyone interested
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1657000
The latest phony pop-up is a poor graphic image of a "MSE alert, saw it on a desktop PC running Windows 7 using IE9 ...