So I click on an ad in the Michigan Ad board, and what I get is a nasty virus, you know the one, that locks your computer out, says its from the FBI and you need to pay them 300 from a paypal account.
Well now I'm nervous about clicking on anyone's ad.  And then it occurs to me, this is how it happens.  A person, or agency, or government, place's an ad out there or connects a virus to a well known ad, that screws your system up so bad, that you're afraid to search anymore.  People that play at the office, well you're toast.  Doing you're hobby at home??  Well, now you've got a lot of explaining to do.  
Look, I've got serious virus protection on my computer, or at least I thought I did, and I wasn't looking at free porn.  But I admit I have in the past.  But now I'm nervous.  If you PM me, I'll give you the name, not the link, of who I believe I got the virus from.  Don't want you to get it.

My regular client is sitting next to me now ...  He works in I.T.  ...  
He said that there are no viruses that can be picked up by looking at TER itself ..

I've had this happen a few times, although it's been a few years. Usually a simple system restore will do the trick...just hope your computer has been automatically creating restore points. Sometimes the virus disables this quick option, so you need to reboot in safe mode.  

this is a nasty virus; the above poster is correct that a system restore from safe mode might fix it.  I couldnt get rid of myself tho, and had to take it to geek squad to fix.  Cost more than $100.   Mcafee and Norton and MS protect on my computer did not block it.  I hate freaking hackers.

That is NOT what the OP was talking about, not even close. Please try to keep up or just go back to tweeting.

You probably already picked up a virus from somewhere else that reads data, waiting until you click on something naughty. Maybe a few things. The viruses can be set up to pick up patterns of your behavior, types of sites, etc. But has nothing to do with the site itself. It's like a time bomb already set for '23 clicks on porn videos and/or sex ads' - then BOOM!

Create a flashdrive of virus protecting software and update it regularly (I update mine once per week)

It's a scam. Don't send them any money.

That said, I did get something last week purporting to be from Safari (Apple's browser) that was clearly a scam (two mis-spellings).  It froze the whole thing up so I had to force quit and it was fine after that.

And on the same board I was reading and I clicked a link to view the picture and
quickly after opening it the actual image vanished and my screen was engulfed  
with this enormous porn page. Best Buy did fix it but then my desktop icons disappeared
and they told me I need a new CD rom to reinstall my programs.

i get this shit all the time because i am a perv..it is all shit..nothing more nothing less..

Everyone is a perv. Almost everyone. And the person fixing the perv virus is probably a perv too lol.

Great retina display, 3D action.

He called me, freaked out, asking whether he was going to jail, did he have to pay?  I showed him the signs of the pop up being an obvious fake, but the point is this thing lives on his computer.  In his case, it's not worth the trouble of getting rid of it.  Just like someone said, enough keystrokes toward "free porn" and out it comes.

Isn't doomsday when a providers husband walks in and whacks you in the back of your head with a frying pan?

when your wife whacks you on the back of the head with a frying pan. Either way, you're getting whacked.

I thought this was mostly a male activity but it's hot when a girl does it!