DavidR
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Yes looks like a drive by attack (possibly the site has been hacked) of a rogue/fake AV scam/scumware.
Personally I would continue using Chrome (or firefox with the NoScript add-on) rather than IE.
If you haven’t already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it and report the findings (it should product a log file).
[li]1. MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM), On-Demand only in free version http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/malwarebytes/mbam-setup.exe, right click on the link and select Save As or Save File (As depending on your browser), save it to a location where you can find it easily later.