Boris wrote:
Paul wrote in news
Mark Twain wrote:
(snip)

I was quite interested in this thread because I've occasionally had the
same/similar problem,even when clicking on links that seem to be innocent,
and 'reported' as safe.

I think I caught the problem when using a youtube to audio/video online
converter, h2converter.com, which worked fine for months, but then started
to throw scareware at me, along with links to Asian girls that wanted to
date me, sight unseen. They must be hard up. But no, I didn't click on the
girlie links. This happened regardless of browser, Firefox or IE, both
updated, on my Win7 HP x64 machine.

IMO, those online converters are only good for a few weeks before
they either get hacked or the owner sells out to the ad companies.
Look for new ones when the old one goes to the dark side.