If you browse or are redirected to a website or click a link and see a screen like the one below, do not wait, simply close the browser. That “Wait Please” is static text, however if you look at the page source there are several malicious javascripts (second picture) attempting to send you to a URL that usually has some malware or drive by download (FakeAV most of the time).

I’ve seen quite a bit of this the last few weeks, and most of it has been the result of someone clicking on a link from within a spam email. Here’s a protip (pass on to your friends, family, colleagues and anyone who will listen): If you get an email that is concerning, don’t just blindly click the link. In the below case, if you simply hover your mouse over the links you’ll see they point to pages that have nothing to do with the company that the email is claiming to be from.

If you must follow the link use a browser sandbox like sandboxIE.