Have I been hacked?

Ok, so I was on deviant art .com- a website which lets artists of all kinds post pictures of sculptures, paintings, drawings, photos, digital art, etc., online and lets them create a profile. I have been using it for a few months now, just looking for pictures or fan art, and today I typed in "Punk Girl" on the search engine. I found a picture, and clicked it, and the artist said that they had been inspired by another artist, and gave me a link to them. When you leave Deviant art, it warns you that you are leaving the site before you continue, unless the link is of another artist's profile. It was another artist, so it was fine with the computer. However, the problem came when I clicked "Browse" to view the artist's gallery (It display's the artist's homepage and options to go to the gallery) immediately the screen went white, as it does when a page is loading, but a small box popped up saying that my computer was exposed to threats and harm, and that I needed to scan for viriuses right now. It looked EXACTLY like a mac box that pops up when there's software to install or some sort of notification, complete with a cancel and glowing 'ok' option buttons, and even the font was right. I was alarmed, and clicked it. A page instantly loaded that did NOT look like a mac page, and instead had pink folder pictures and a dark blue side bar. The loading green lights/bars that came up looked like a Window's download or installation, and started load something. I recognized that this was not right, and quit safari ASAP as about 3 and 1/2 of the lights/bars lit up. So, now, comes the question: HAVE I been hacked? What should/can I do? Can I go back online? PLEASE HELP & Thank you for your time!

Greetings,
No, you have not been hacked. Based on your description of the incident, that artist's site obviously has some ads that like to download things automatically or try to scare users into doing something they really don't need to do. They may not even be aware of this, and their site may have been hacked to add those types of ads or automatic downloads. You should email them if you can and let them know, just in case.
Even if something is downloaded to your Mac, only you can install it, and that requires your admin password. Without that, you can have all sorts of things downloaded and they will do absolutely nothing.

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