"security alert" "your computer is infected"...

I don't know what happened. I clicked on a site when I got there I got a window that said the site may not be safe and to go back. I hit the back button. Then some kind of virus scan thingy started. It says something about "windows security alert" What is this? is my computer in trouble? what do I do?

Hi Coryst: No, your computer is not in trouble. It is just a scare tactic used, primarily for Windoze users. If you noticed on the, so called scan, it was most likely showing .EXE and .DLL files. Those are strictly windows files.
Stedman

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