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Fake windows update under firefox

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the-edmeister replied
csr007
csr007

How can one prevent such popups from occuring?

The details from the popup; 

<html>
<head>
    <title>RichMedia</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
  body {margin:0px;}
  .containerDiv {width: 300px; height: 250px; position: relative;}
  .containerDiv div.swfcontainer {position: absolute; z-index: 0; top: 0px; left: 0px;width: 300px; height: 250px;}
  .containerDiv div.overlayVid {position: absolute; z-index: 100; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; text-align: center;width: 300px; height: 250px;}
 </style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="containerDiv">
    <div id="swfcontainer">
        <div id="swfObj"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="overlayVid">
  <a id="adk2_oimg_lnk" target="_blank"><img id="adk2_oimg" src="https://cdn.adk2.co/adsrvmedia/resources/images/s.gif" alt="" width="300" height="250" border="0"/></a>
    </div>
 <script>
 (function () {

  var params = { wmode: 'transparent' },
      clickthrough = unescape(""),
      clickurl = unescape(""),
            extraClickParams = "pubid=37453274&creativeid=45211230&campaignid=60891133&placementid=50801325&sp=",
            a_href = "/event/click/0/RSv_PSPwUDu9c4IYB1PTT9TK0NJ9sh4-or1UVcTThiI3Qht0orkcJdakdKNpwLkN5HLrcn6mNXatatF50EFuyzpQYwCrhRuWpSSAZee9dIdylDTLSkae3WYXMR7scZ5C1jcNalR4KGR5UZjMdZTE0GJ4kyQex8zPf-_wepdVce6lNNulyagMcF0DWlJweerOqgpdMyxmG6n7og4YcaiamyWRsZic6kKxnI5odft82mYJcZ2YGH280eHfXwBumXFBPGKpW9ukMiyi7NSVPQIy8uCOSvPLvCw8-r3EeX-fgGcPgRo1l9zWtR-QepBy6wkNIVlUEVPGoCoxNSO18eVa1EX99MyNnMhvdoXGTTTgQ1ObnoWsh6PwN9V8UBtHfKtXCYSxTsgK-dNUitsoO3bM5PaD6V_i-AfrVBe3yhEcS2GDIu98-AgFfEG2Np8/" + extraClickParams + "/",
            adk2_oimg_lnk = document.getElementById('adk2_oimg_lnk'),
            adk2_oimg = document.getElementById('adk2_oimg');

        swfobject.embedSWF(("https:" == document.location.protocol ? "https:" : "http:") + "//adsrvmedia.adpdx.com/adsrvmedia/creatives/45211230", "swfObj", '300px', '250px', "9", null, null, params, null);


  if (clickthrough != "") {
   a_href = clickthrough + encodeURI(a_href);
  }

  adk2_oimg_lnk.href = a_href;

  if (clickurl != "") {
   adk2_oimg.onclick = function () {
    var a = new Image(), d = new Date(), cb = "adk2_cb=" + d.getTime().toString();
                clickurl += (clickurl.indexOf("?") !== -1 ? "&" : "?") + cb;
    a.src = clickurl;
   };
  }

 })();
</script>
</div>
<img src="//p.adpdx.com/1/p/32881100/" alt="" height="1" width="1" />
</body>
</html>
How can one prevent such popups from occuring? The details from the popup; <pre><nowiki><html> <head> <title>RichMedia</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> body {margin:0px;} .containerDiv {width: 300px; height: 250px; position: relative;} .containerDiv div.swfcontainer {position: absolute; z-index: 0; top: 0px; left: 0px;width: 300px; height: 250px;} .containerDiv div.overlayVid {position: absolute; z-index: 100; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; text-align: center;width: 300px; height: 250px;} </style> </head> <body> <div class="containerDiv"> <div id="swfcontainer"> <div id="swfObj"></div> </div> <div class="overlayVid"> <a id="adk2_oimg_lnk" target="_blank"><img id="adk2_oimg" src="https://cdn.adk2.co/adsrvmedia/resources/images/s.gif" alt="" width="300" height="250" border="0"/></a> </div> <script> (function () { var params = { wmode: 'transparent' }, clickthrough = unescape(""), clickurl = unescape(""), extraClickParams = "pubid=37453274&creativeid=45211230&campaignid=60891133&placementid=50801325&sp=", a_href = "/event/click/0/RSv_PSPwUDu9c4IYB1PTT9TK0NJ9sh4-or1UVcTThiI3Qht0orkcJdakdKNpwLkN5HLrcn6mNXatatF50EFuyzpQYwCrhRuWpSSAZee9dIdylDTLSkae3WYXMR7scZ5C1jcNalR4KGR5UZjMdZTE0GJ4kyQex8zPf-_wepdVce6lNNulyagMcF0DWlJweerOqgpdMyxmG6n7og4YcaiamyWRsZic6kKxnI5odft82mYJcZ2YGH280eHfXwBumXFBPGKpW9ukMiyi7NSVPQIy8uCOSvPLvCw8-r3EeX-fgGcPgRo1l9zWtR-QepBy6wkNIVlUEVPGoCoxNSO18eVa1EX99MyNnMhvdoXGTTTgQ1ObnoWsh6PwN9V8UBtHfKtXCYSxTsgK-dNUitsoO3bM5PaD6V_i-AfrVBe3yhEcS2GDIu98-AgFfEG2Np8/" + extraClickParams + "/", adk2_oimg_lnk = document.getElementById('adk2_oimg_lnk'), adk2_oimg = document.getElementById('adk2_oimg'); swfobject.embedSWF(("https:" == document.location.protocol ? "https:" : "http:") + "//adsrvmedia.adpdx.com/adsrvmedia/creatives/45211230", "swfObj", '300px', '250px', "9", null, null, params, null); if (clickthrough != "") { a_href = clickthrough + encodeURI(a_href); } adk2_oimg_lnk.href = a_href; if (clickurl != "") { adk2_oimg.onclick = function () { var a = new Image(), d = new Date(), cb = "adk2_cb=" + d.getTime().toString(); clickurl += (clickurl.indexOf("?") !== -1 ? "&" : "?") + cb; a.src = clickurl; }; } })(); </script> </div> <img src="//p.adpdx.com/1/p/32881100/" alt="" height="1" width="1" /> </body> </html></nowiki></pre>

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister

Sounds like a dose of Malware on that PC, that you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one. Windows 8 has antivirus built-in already.

Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

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