# A Weird Earl's Virus Warning **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 15, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-earls-virus-warning/481377 "2009-01-15T03:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-earls-virus-warning/481377/1 "2009-01-15T03:48:50Z")
This isn’t exactly about the Message Board, but it is about the website, so close enough, I hope. I just clicked on the most recent Weird Earl’s offering, the one that carries the tag: “May the fold be with you.” When I went there, my computer immediately warned me I had obtained a virus from the site and asked if I wanted it cleaned up. I said yes and closed the window with the website in it. Has anyone else received that warning? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-earls-virus-warning/481377/2 "2009-01-15T04:31:40Z")
My noscript is blocking something called about:blocked, I don’t know much about web viruses but I thought it may help someone that does. Does this ring alarm bells for anyone knowledgeable about this stuff? Edit - maybe I should actually type it in my address bar, I forgot you could check what different abouts mean. It means it’s a noted web forgery/attack site. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-earls-virus-warning/481377/3 "2009-01-15T04:43:58Z")
I just IMed Ed Zotti and he deleted it. It shut me down also. AVG healed it after it caught it. Thanks for the heads up, Sam –Sam