In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Cheers.

This comes as a criminal investigation is launched into how hackers were able to compromise the computers used by ad firm Unanimis, which places adverts on several popular UK sites in addition to the LSE, including Autotrader and the Vue cinema chain.

That's why I use Firefox and Ad Block Plus

so was I

In reply to a post by Kimi:

so was I

How come you got infected?

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

In reply to a post by Kimi:

so was I

How come you got infected?

you tell me, I aint got a clue. I thought my system was secure

I also use Ghostery and Flashblock. Oh, and I didn't visit the Stock Exchange site. Maybe that's it.

Sometimes AdBlock is not enough. I run Ghostery, which not only blocks advertisements but also tracking cookies and the like. Free from their site or from the Firefox add-ons site. Alternatively, install NoScript in addition to AdBlock.

It's here on the BBC web site. The blue WARNING screen image shown part way down is what I saw on my neighbours PC both 2 weeks ago and in early January.

There's also a thread popped up in Freechat by Ancient Mariner regarding Linkedin issues.

Aye, I saw that, clearly this one seems to be a current problem around the web.

How did you disinfect your PC?

Did a system restore, which worked while i saved all my stuff. Then reformatted and loaded Linux mint instead of windows 7. Been meaning to put mint on and this gave me the push.