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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject: Pop ups on my laptop |
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Hello,
In the last hour or two pop ups have started appearing on my screen out of no where advertising anti virus programmes. I ran McAfee and it came back with nothing major. Can anyone give me some advice on how to get rid of this problem?
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| pop up blocker? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| You might have some spamware in your browser. Run some anti-spyware like Ad-aware, or even Ccleaner. |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Where would i find the spamware in my browser? I'm not that great with computers. Do i just download Ad-aware and run it? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Where would i find the spamware in my browser? I'm not that great with computers. Do i just download Ad-aware and run it? |
Yes. Download the free version. Run it, and allow it to delete any spyware it finds. |
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blackjack
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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If none of those work, then search download.com for BHR. That is Browser Hijack Remover. It's a free trial. Run it and delete the browser hooks.
Also stop using any IE icons from your desktop. Delete them and make new ones by dragging the E from the program list. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Pop ups on my laptop |
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| Morton wrote: |
Hello,
In the last hour or two pop ups have started appearing on my screen out of no where advertising anti virus programmes. I ran McAfee and it came back with nothing major. Can anyone give me some advice on how to get rid of this problem?
Thanks. |
there is a possibility you downloaded a trojan or malware, i would either look for a trojan remover from mininova.org
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is it a malware advertisement thing that keeps popping up asking you to buy their software, and telling you you are riddled with viruses, it is probably also slowing the hell out of your computer / internet in general and you can't close the pop up either??
if it is the second one then Mcafee is useless, i had the same problem a few weeks back, i just backdated my computer to a recent restored point, if you have windows just go to:
start -
------ all programs -
----------- accessories -
------------------system tools -
---------------------------system restore
when you are in system restore just click on one of the dates that are in bold and let your computer restore to the previous date...you won't lose and documents or anything like that so don't worry. |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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is it a malware advertisement thing that keeps popping up asking you to buy their software, and telling you you are riddled with viruses, it is probably also slowing the hell out of your computer / internet in general and you can't close the pop up either??
if it is the second one then Mcafee is useless, i had the same problem a few weeks back, i just backdated my computer to a recent restored point, if you have windows just go to:
start -
------ all programs -
----------- accessories -
------------------system tools -
---------------------------system restore
when you are in system restore just click on one of the dates that are in bold and let your computer restore to the previous date...you won't lose and documents or anything like that so don't worry. |
It's definitely this problem that i have. The McAfee thing keeps saying that Trojan Horses have been removed. I tried to restore my computer but the furthest back i could go was Friday. When i restored it the problem was still there when i used the internet.
I deleted the IE icon from my desktop. Should i delete the Mozilla icon as well? |
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blackjack
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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try turning system restore off then do the scans, I prefer spybot over adaware (it picked up some stuff which adaware missed)
once finished turn system restore back on |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the replies folks. Unfortunately the problem is still there. I have downloaded a program called Browser Hijack Retaliator and deleted all teh Browser Helper objects. I also downloaded AVG ant-virus and am now scanning.
Earlier i had restored my computer to the settings saved on Friday.
Is there anything else i can do? |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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[quote="Morton"][quote]but the furthest back i could go was Friday. quote]
why was friday the furthest point you could go to? you should be able to go back months and months, unless this is a new laptop.
if it is a new laptop:
if you have the discs, i would suggest formatting the hard drive and starting from scratch.
if you have pictures you want to save, put them on a cd and save them before deleting everything |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:40 am Post subject: |
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why was friday the furthest point you could go to? you should be able to go back months and months, unless this is a new laptop.
if it is a new laptop: |
It isn't a new laptop. I don't know why Friday was the furthest point i could go to. I checked again and Friday was still the furthest back it went. Also at the bottom blue bar i have a Windows security red shield telling me my computer is at risk. When i try to change it so it recieves updates automatically it doesn't work. Is my computer totally fucked? |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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why was friday the furthest point you could go to? you should be able to go back months and months, unless this is a new laptop.
if it is a new laptop: |
It isn't a new laptop. I don't know why Friday was the furthest point i could go to. I checked again and Friday was still the furthest back it went. Also at the bottom blue bar i have a Windows security red shield telling me my computer is at risk. When i try to change it so it recieves updates automatically it doesn't work. Is my computer totally fucked? |
i don't nor i won't claim to know what the hell is wrong with it, but if in doubt, and you can..... format!!!
however if you know somone who might be able to fix it, hand it over, how much is it worth to you? how much mmight someone charge to repair it? weigh up the options.
sorry i don't know any more on your problem, i would need to see the computer to have any idea what was wrong, and still i prob wouldn't be able to tell you  |
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