Pop up's

adam ant fan wrote:
Just recently, every few minutes I get windows internet explorer pop
up's and it's driving me mad. It causes whatever I am doing to slow
down while it is opening up.

Where has it suddenly come from and how do I get rid of it? I have
pop up's switched off.

Thanks

I'd say there is an extremely good chance you have been infected by
malware of some sort. Update & run your AV of course, then run updated
spyware detectors & see what they find. One of them will likely find a
culprit for you. If you're not sure which ones to use or are safe to
use, just ask here; there are a lot of them available. And almost as
many opinions as to which ones are bestg.
It's a good idea to have at least 3 of them in your arsenal since as
of yet there is no single one that detects them all. Actually it's not
likley there ever will be a single one for all cases; it's a huge
market. Each has their strenghts and weakness w/r to what/how they're
designed.

HTH,

Twayne

adam ant fan wrote:
Just recently, every few minutes I get windows internet explorer pop
up's and it's driving me mad. It causes whatever I am doing to slow
down while it is opening up.

Where has it suddenly come from and how do I get rid of it? I have
pop up's switched off.

Thanks

I'd say there is an extremely good chance you have been infected by
malware of some sort. Update & run your AV of course, then run updated
spyware detectors & see what they find. One of them will likely find a
culprit for you. If you're not sure which ones to use or are safe to
use, just ask here; there are a lot of them available. And almost as
many opinions as to which ones are bestg.
It's a good idea to have at least 3 of them in your arsenal since as
of yet there is no single one that detects them all. Actually it's not
likley there ever will be a single one for all cases; it's a huge
market. Each has their strenghts and weakness w/r to what/how they're
designed.

HTH,

Twayne

Agreed, Tom; that sounds like the real source of the problem at least.


Tom [Pepper] Willett wrote:
Firefox won't get rid of the malware on his computer that's causing
the pop-ups.

"Don" wrote in message
...
Leythos wrote:
Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your
system. Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
http://www.ms-mvp.org/


I use Firefox has a built in popup blocker along with
the AddBlock configurable addon. Works fine.

Agreed, Tom; that sounds like the real source of the problem at least.


Tom [Pepper] Willett wrote:
Firefox won't get rid of the malware on his computer that's causing
the pop-ups.

"Don" wrote in message
...
Leythos wrote:
Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your
system. Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
http://www.ms-mvp.org/


I use Firefox has a built in popup blocker along with
the AddBlock configurable addon. Works fine.

On May 13, 3:12*pm, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
wrote:
Firefox won't get rid of the malware on his computer that's causing the
pop-ups.

"Don" wrote in message

...: Leythos wrote:

: Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
: Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
: http://www.ms-mvp.org/
:
:
: I use Firefox has a built in popup blocker along with
: the AddBlock configurable addon. *Works fine.

The OP was asked for more information about the problem and did not
reply.

Scanning software was suggested as step one. A good place to start.

Firefox was suggested as an option after step one was complete.

The OP has not responded to any requests for information or results of
any suggestions.

If the suggestions are followed, the browsing experience will probably
improve!

Jose

On May 13, 3:12*pm, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
wrote:
Firefox won't get rid of the malware on his computer that's causing the
pop-ups.

"Don" wrote in message

...: Leythos wrote:

: Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
: Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
: http://www.ms-mvp.org/
:
:
: I use Firefox has a built in popup blocker along with
: the AddBlock configurable addon. *Works fine.

The OP was asked for more information about the problem and did not
reply.

Scanning software was suggested as step one. A good place to start.

Firefox was suggested as an option after step one was complete.

The OP has not responded to any requests for information or results of
any suggestions.

If the suggestions are followed, the browsing experience will probably
improve!

Jose

On Wed, 13 May 2009 07:15:27 -0700, "Leythos" wrote:

Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
http://www.ms-mvp.org/

This not the MVP site despite its fake logos.

The correct MVP site is http://www.mvps.org/

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On Wed, 13 May 2009 07:15:27 -0700, "Leythos" wrote:

Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
http://www.ms-mvp.org/

This not the MVP site despite its fake logos.

The correct MVP site is http://www.mvps.org/

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