I had some sort of BS “virus attack” yesterday, when I went to weather underground (a weather site). It was said to be discovered by a MS Windows Antivirus, or some such MS program- trouble is, I don’t have any MS antivirus or Windows Defender running. I immediately used my Kaspersky, and my computer was clean and protected. Anyway the suspect program gave me a decision to clean the “attacking virus” which I ignored, and closed the decision box. Then a big evil red page filled my screen anyway, telling me to load some protection program. I killed that too. I suggest that anyone getting this kill it, and have a reputable antivirus and firewall already loaded and running.
Guardian 2010 reincarnated?
I used my android based system to click the link..... I won’t use windows system, now that I know there’s malware lurking at that link.
Sounds like you’ve got a cookie (or something) from a disreputable malware/av company embedded on your system/HD, doing that crap. I periodically use Windows Explorer to search for “cookies” and delete them all. I got it once from WU, too, years ago, but Norton 360 & Malwarebytes zap all that pesky garbage now.