Warning about tracking software?

From: Daisy (daisy4141931_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: 9 Feb 2004 16:26:22 -0800

Pardon my naivete, but I got a pop-up window in IE that says:
"Warning. Important Message!!! Microsoft Internet Explorer. You are
seeing this message because we have detected that you have tracking
software installed on your machine. ... click here for a free scanner
..."

I suspect that this is fictitious and is just a way to get me to click
on something that will download a virus or worm into my computer (I
didn't like the three exclamation points after the "Important
Message!!!", for example).

Now for my question. Since this appeared in a popup window and not a
normal Internet Explorer window, is there a way that I can view the
source for this pop-up window the way I can for a normal IE window?
I'd just like to check where clicking is going to send me instead of
actually clicking. Maybe I can eliminate ever getting popups from
them again!?

Thanks,
Daisy

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