Unknown video player wanting to install on Safari

Twice now, I've had a dialog box open in Safari telling me there is a new video player that wants to install itself, and it will not let me close the box or change web sites. The only way to get rid of the message seems to be force quitting Safari. I was not visiting a site which requires a video player.
There is no name associated with this video player. Might anyone know what's up with this? I am using Safari 5.1.10 and OS 10.6.8.
Thanks.

It's a malicious web page created by imbeciles who are trying to find and victimize the few people on earth even more stupid than themselves — a difficult task.
Some of those scam threat pages can be dismissed very easily. Press command-W to close the tab or window. A huge box will pop up with more illiterate, childish threats. Press the return key and both the box and the page will close. If that doesn't happen, continue.
From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
and uncheck the box marked Enable JavaScript. Leave the preferences dialog open.
Close the malicious window or tab.
Re-enable JavaScript and close the preferences dialog.
If the Preferences menu item is grayed out, quit Safari. Force quit if necessary. Relaunch it by holding down the shift key and clicking its icon in the Dock. From the menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
to get rid of any cookies or other data left by the server. Open your Downloads folder and delete anything you don't recognize.

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