Has anyone seen this before?

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A weird thing happened to me last night and despite searching the Net etc. I can't find any reference. Have any of you seen this or heard what it is. When I opened up IE I got a Windows message box that said
" Your hard drive has been configured for reformatting. Next time You start this computer you will have to reinstall the operating system" It had an OK button which you had to press.
As you can perhaps imagine when it first popped up I almost $h@t myself. Did a full system virus scan & nothing was found. I had to go out then but when I came back 2hrs later & opened IE again the box didn't appear. I also restarted my system and it came up so, obviously, no damage has been done so it was probably a hoax/joke but I just wanted to know what it was

Thanks in advance
 
I just had an add that looked VERY simular to an IE error window popup and claim that my IP address was being read by other computers warning me to protect myself (there was another add sitting in the background with a link to d/l security software) with only an "ok" button to continue. I just alt-f4'ed the add...You Probably had almost the same thing I had; another annoying add designed to look legit.

~Dan
 
Ha Ha. This is what the problem was Register
Think they were hacked and they are covering their a$$es or would one of their employees really be stupid enough to actually do this?
 
hehe....
pardon my lame commentz...but i have too

lb is having "one of those days" when you "gotta have faith" in "my generation" lol


lame i know....

but necessary
 

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Also Hi EP and people. I found this place again while looking through a oooollllllldddd backup. I have filled over 10TB and was looking at my collection of antiques. Any bids on the 500Mhz Win 95 fix?
Any of the SP crew still out there?
Xie wrote on Electronic Punk's profile.
Impressed you have kept this alive this long EP! So many sites have come and gone. :(

Just did some crude math and I apparently joined almost 18yrs ago, how is that possible???
hello peeps... is been some time since i last came here.
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Rest in peace my friend, been trying to find you and finally did in the worst way imaginable.

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