AIM virus? "Virus-detection" popups in Safari?
Could it be, some sort of virus on my beloved macbook pro? Here is the story..
Last night when I logged into Adium, I received a message from "aim" claiming that I had some sort of friend request waiting for my approval, and someone wanted to list me in their profile. I hovered over the link and it went to the aim website, and curiosity always kills the cat.. I clicked. (Dumb, right?) Well, it did take me to the aim website and it was asking for my log in, so I closed.
Since then the same IM pops up every time I log on. I'm not sure if that has any affiliation with my next problem, but it could be useful information. I went to myspace.com, and I received a pop up saying something along the lines of "Malware/Spyware has been detected on your computer and you should resolve it by going to this website and downloading our anti-virus software." There was a URL at the top, not sure where it went to because it didn't matter. I canceled out because I had no other option, and it came up again. I canceled once more, and it came up again with only OK as the option. I tried force quitting Safari, and it didn't work at first. I received yet another pop up talking about slow script, asking if I wanted to continue to run it, and I said no, then hit apple alt esc and managed to close Safari.
Everything seems to be working fine in Firefox. Any suggestions as to how to rid of whatever might be happening, or any information on what it is at all would be greatly appreciated, I am not sure where to start. I'll be the first to admit that I an a novice when it comes to this sort of thing. Thank you for your help. I will be happy to give anymore information if needed.
Last night when I logged into Adium, I received a message from "aim" claiming that I had some sort of friend request waiting for my approval, and someone wanted to list me in their profile. I hovered over the link and it went to the aim website, and curiosity always kills the cat.. I clicked. (Dumb, right?) Well, it did take me to the aim website and it was asking for my log in, so I closed.
Since then the same IM pops up every time I log on. I'm not sure if that has any affiliation with my next problem, but it could be useful information. I went to myspace.com, and I received a pop up saying something along the lines of "Malware/Spyware has been detected on your computer and you should resolve it by going to this website and downloading our anti-virus software." There was a URL at the top, not sure where it went to because it didn't matter. I canceled out because I had no other option, and it came up again. I canceled once more, and it came up again with only OK as the option. I tried force quitting Safari, and it didn't work at first. I received yet another pop up talking about slow script, asking if I wanted to continue to run it, and I said no, then hit apple alt esc and managed to close Safari.
Everything seems to be working fine in Firefox. Any suggestions as to how to rid of whatever might be happening, or any information on what it is at all would be greatly appreciated, I am not sure where to start. I'll be the first to admit that I an a novice when it comes to this sort of thing. Thank you for your help. I will be happy to give anymore information if needed.
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)