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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+OnionShare | https://onionshare.org/
+
+Copyright (C) 2016 Micah Lee <micah@micahflee.com>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets, QtGui
+
+from onionshare import helpers
+
+class Alert(QtWidgets.QMessageBox):
+    """
+    An alert box dialog.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, message, icon=QtWidgets.QMessageBox.NoIcon):
+        super(Alert, self).__init__(None)
+        self.setWindowTitle("OnionShare")
+        self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon(helpers.get_resource_path('images/logo.png')))
+        self.setText(message)
+        self.setIcon(icon)
+        self.exec_()