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Virus? A pop up window saying the flash player is infected

New Here ,
Apr 28, 2014 Apr 28, 2014

Hi there I suddenly got a pop up window when I was browsing Facebook. It says

WARNING!

Your video player is infected!

System has two malicious viruses: Rootkit.Sirefef.Spy und Trojan.FakeAV-Download. Your personal and financial information is not secure.

Remove viruses, Please promptly update your video player:

Is this a virus? I am sorry if I asked a stupid question but I am really confused. I am using Mac with google chrome as my browser.

Thanks a lot for your help.

螢幕快照 2014-04-28   下午11.25.30.png

link:http://update3.flash-palys.us/Player/Warning-uk.php?installer=Flash_Player_11_for_Other_Browsers&bro...

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LEGEND ,
Apr 28, 2014 Apr 28, 2014
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Well, you can relax... BOTH of the "infections" it lists ( a "Rootkit" and a "Trojan").... WON'T run on a Mac, so you KNOW it's a fake. There's NO WAY it could have detected WIndows malware on a system running OS X.

I'd stay away from that Facebook page, and report it to them.

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