WARNING- BEWARE OF POSSIBLE VIRUS- Moderators Advise

[Wild Child]

Right off the bat, if you notice a blue  box at the top of any page you are viewing where the ads run (and there are no ads) that says 'TO CONTINUE- CLICK HERE',  DO NOT CLICK ON IT!!   It may be  a VIRUS, or at the least it will lock your computer.

Last Fall I was researching certain car builds.  When I signed in, I noticed this blue box where the ads usually are.  I did notice it,  but I ignored it and  I went to scroll down to what I was looking at. I  must have hit the cursor as I was going down.  

BOOM, instantly a large red screen came up.  Siren noises, verbal warnings to NOT turn computer off or try to get out of page or your computer could be locked immediately.  The message stated to call the number on the screen.  My computer was not responding to anything , even the cursor would not move.  So I shut it off.

When I restarted it, it was still on the post and the screen was still flashing red, but I was able to move the cursor so I went to the top of the page and X-ed out of the forums.  The screen vanished and everything has been working fine since.    I thought all was good. 

Earlier today I went to the DRAG RACE car section, and lo and behold, there was that same blue box at the top where the ads run.  I scrolled around to 3 or 4 places to see if I saw it anywhere else, but I did not.  I refreshed twice, but it did not go away.  A couple hours later I went back on and looked again, and it was gone. 

I have never had a problem or any virus with my chrome book, and running a check produced nothing, so it is my belief somehow something is randomly getting through this sites protections and into the top advertising area.   I can not say I  have seen this box often. I do not know, but hopefully someone can run a check and see if they can find something. 

All I can suggest is to not click on anything you are unsure of, especially if it instructs you to do so.

Edited May 9 by Wild Child
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[Wild Child]

One followup to the above post.  When I signed out, I decided to go on the DRAG RACE cars area to see something (not signed in), and the box was at the top again.  After I signed in to post this, it was gone.  Hmmm.

[stitchdup]

19 minutes ago, Wild Child said:

One followup to the above post.  When I signed out, I decided to go on the DRAG RACE cars area to see something (not signed in), and the box was at the top again.  After I signed in to post this, it was gone.  Hmmm.

are you using a phone with one of the free browsers? they often have stuff like that

[Wild Child]

No.  Just a standard Chromebook laptop.  This issue appears to be cleverly  attached to the top ads that run, which sometimes direct you to click on them.  Sneaky.  Difference is the bad ones are free standing (are by themselves, not with a picture advertisement).  Very sparatic, then do not re-appear.  I knew of a guy who saw this on another site where people had real problems, and the source was hard to detect.  Curious if anyone else has seen these.  Often people do not pay attention. Solution may be to tell everyone to just never click on these.