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I have seen this numerous times before.
I have AVG running on my Mac and unless it is a new trojan/virus then it will be blocked, quarantined and deleted by AVG.
These screens are triggered by 'infected' javascript jsps on the server.
Like Eric says Never follow the instructions on these screens as they are just bait for you to do things. Always kill the page/tab you are on. Close the browser, flush the caches and restart the browser. If you want further checking then do a full machine scan.
I do a full AVG scan approx every month as a just in case.
I have found Trojans in the past on Windows machines. These were harmless stuff that are really advanced cookies. Viruses or trojans that phone home information from your computer do exist but are more difficult to install and a decent anti-virus and firewall will kill their actions.
Jonathan
Am I right in saying that ipads are less susceptible, due to the limited access Apple allow to the iPad programming and infrastructure? I am not even aware whether virus protection apps are available for the iPad? I certainly haven't got one.
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Eric