First, I’m surprised the NAV Internet Security scanner does not detect this one even after people have been discussing this since August. I’ve been experieincing this since that time.
My setting are dialed for most-aggressive, updates are constant.
My machine is Windows Visa Home Premium.
Second, I’ve got the same symptoms, first taking me to a web page,
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Which tries to fake you out with a screen that looks like a windows firewall screen. clicking on the screen, or sometimes doing nothing instantiates a popup/application, deceptively trying to get you to do a download. X-ing may work, or clicking on the buttons seems hazardous, so I usually just kill the browser.
No particular rhyme or reason as to when it starts. For the record, I use Firefox most of the time.
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