How can one get virus through the browser if he does not execute or download anything .... just checked with AVG and Ad-aware ... nothing found ....
Quite easily, have a go at this site and check your system out, if its infected it may help you. http://research.sunbelt-software.com/default.aspx
Let me repeat ! I visited the site in the first post and downloaded AVG and Ad-aware ! Updated everything and checked the computer for any viruses and spyware. No viruses and no spyware found .... Can you please describe the process of getting virus by visiting some website ?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=browser+hijacking Beginners Guides: Browser Hijacking & How to Stop It
Well not really a virus and Firefox seems to do well in this case .... Like it says ... lock your cars ! In this case your computer ! It is better than installing and using all those bloated virus and spyware software solutions afterwards ! And don't do any warez or and porn .exe downloads and execution and you will be safe.
AVG is notorious for giving false positives and not picking up real threats, the same can be said of ad-aware, although they are getting better. I won't tell you all the ways how you can get a virus just by visiting a site as it would in the same process tell people how to put a virus on thier website and that's stupid, although I can tell you that even an image can contain one if you know how to do it, you download an infected image you've downloaded a virus/trojan, call it what you want, same can be done using cookies. I can tell you that some computer software will pick up 'false positives' where others don't. Here's some interesting sites to visit to learn about them and how to deal with them starting with... http://courses.wccnet.edu/computer/mod/a04c.htm#WhereFrom Then go to ..... http://www.thiefware.com/cookies.spyware.shtml http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/