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A Firefox warning flashed up for trojans on my computer and recommended installinternetprotection downloads to deal with them. These were apparently the Trojans and Malwarebyte found 16. Deleted with Malwarebyte.

A Firefox warning flashed up for trojans on my computer and recommended installinternetprotection downloads to deal with them. These were apparently the Trojans and Malwarebyte found 16. Deleted with Malwarebyte.

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You most likely visited a malware domain which ran an animation purporting to show your machine is infected with viruses. Here's an example of one currently making the rounds: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-win-7-antispyware-2011

Malwarebytes will have deleted the rogue app.

I'd advise you to install this add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

Subscribe to the "Easylist" option when you see it during the installation, then go to https://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions and scroll down to the foot of the list. You'll find a link there where you can subscribed to "Malware Domains" to prevent a recurrence.

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Many thanks, done that immediately

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You're welcome.