Trend Micro has some good information on all these “Scan your computer now!” pop-ups that (ahem) pop up all the time when surfing the Internet.

Here is the simple advice: Ignore! Close the pop-up, and move along…nothing to see here…

These sites will often install malware (malicious software), Trojan horses, and viruses on your computer. Yes, it says ‘anti-virus’: they lie. So just close the pop-up and move on. Just be sure to close the pop-up at the “X” in the upper right of the window, and not some button that says “Close”.

Yup…a bit confusing. The Trend article breaks it all down very well.

See the article from Trend here.