antivirus1-scanner.info hijacking vgchartz? It seems to be a particularly annoying add that looks like a real virus alert that prompts you to downlaod something. It totally hijacks the VGchartz webpage when it opens.

I've gotten it twice while navigating vgchartz and never any where else, and I'm sure I don't have any spyware / adware installed as I checked for that.

actually, once you get that ad I think you already have the virus.

to prevent from getting the trojan in the first place though, I highly suggest you use firefox and install no-script, and then select the option "allow scripts globally" this way you don't have to mess with no-script all the time, and it disables xss which is how 90% of trojans try to exploit to get on your PC in the first place.

If you can give me more information on what the pop-up says, I may be able to track down proper removal tools to check to see if it is installed on your PC, as most anti-virus software fails to even detect this trojan, however at the moment I can't remember the exact name of it so I can't find the tools.

Also, if you ever get redirected or a virus warning while on this site, please send a pm to brett detailing: where you live, what happened, and all viewable ads on the screen. Any additional information is appreciated.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/anti-virus-1-removal

Do this.