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Old Dec 14, 2017 | 1:48 am
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Mwenenzi
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Originally Posted by Pausanias
Every time I got on to FlyerTalk and open up a thread I get this warning message about my computer infected with a virus etc. I just close down and and ignore it but this has been going on for a fortnight now. Surely someone can do something about it? FlyerTalk is obviously infected by something apart from enthusiasm. In a few days I'm off to Chile and Antarctica etc which is a good reason to ignore this Forum.
Could be a false virus add like in post 692 as below
Originally Posted by Noppasit
Sometimes I got redirected to a page with fake virus warning ads without clicking anything, has anyone encountered to this recently? There is no sign of adware or virus on my laptop (if there is there would be more ads), so I believe is the ads itself that has a nasty function to redirect my page. Moderators, could you please check this?
Post a screen image in that thread. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/tech...-shots-18.html

But your problem may not be FT/IB related
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