I just had it pop up on my screen.
It is a virus

The only way i could close it was by pressing CTRL/ALT/DELETE
{opens Windows task manager}
and closing my browser by highlighting it { I was using Firefox} then pressing the End Process button.

I opened Firefox and it asked if I wanted to restore session or start a new one - I selected new one - so the AV 2009 would not pop back up again.

info- Antivirus 2009 removal - if you accidentally click on it and it installs...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...al&btnG=Search

We have another thread about it - http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread54589.html

bumping up so everyone sees this

about a month ago I clicked on two medical type links... a few days apart, and then this ticker started downloading some
"program"...which I did not authorize!

I could not get out of it...no clicking worked anywhere. So I control/alt/deleted it. When I resumed Firefox after rebooting,
it started AGAIN....so I closed down totally.

This happened twice. Good thing I was fast on the draw. I ran all our "ware" and nothing was found. So do you think I am safe?

I don't remember what the program was...some sort of spyware thingey... it was really stealth if you ask me!
It had nothing to do with the Google link I clicked on!

Most likely you go it shut down in time and broke the download connection.

If you can run your AV/Anti spyware scanner with deep settings a extra time or 2 might be good.

These top rated AV sites have stand alone scanners and removers if needed. Lots of other virus/ safety info too.

McAfee - http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/default.aspx
Kaspersky Lab - http://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/f...us-scanner.php
http://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/removaltools.php
Bit Defender - http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Down...eeRemovalTool/
Trend Micro - http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products...ces/index.html
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the stupid thing just popped up on me again!

I was looking on a shopping site and allowed scripts on the page to see the next page results and all of a sudden the Antivirus 2009 warning popped up.

Darn thing!
anyway I did the ctrl/alt/del and closed the browser process in the Task Manager like last time.
That seems to be the best way to close it down, you don't click on the pop up anywhere that way.

Is this a pop only notification Jo?

I rarely ever get a pop up anything, so am I at risk of this virus through other means?