computer pop-ups

[kirk98]

i've got major pop-ups on my computer. I never had pop-ups until two days ago. I was using the computer and by accident an ad came up on a guitar tab website and I was in the middle of typing something and it installed something on its own. Know what I mean? Sorry if I'm sounding confusing. I need to get rid of these damn pop-ups- they're literally coming up every few seconds. I've looked in my Windows Folder and have deleted a few .exe programs. I had the Surf SideKick Adware, and some other crap. I have the Adaware program and it's still not catching all the pop-up stuff. Can ANYONE help me out with this, its so annoying, my computer is barely unusable. No lie- it took me like 10 minutes to write up this post, it's not just one pop-up, its like 2 at a time. Thanks guys....

kirk

[ThatsMeGC]

Google up some ad-aware and spybot S&D... together you should be pretty well set.

A good way to prevent that from happening is firefox with adblock and adblock filterset.G

It blocks out alot of ad's period.

[that90spunk]

do you have a yahoo toolbar? i have that with a pop up blocker and it works great. But it looks like you downloaded something so try scanning your computer for any spyware.

[kirk98]

I'm getting pop-ups from: www.0dp.com, www.888.com, ad.firstadsolution.com, http://airsoftchamp.com/, www.myfuncards.com. I'll post more later about what's popping up. Ugh, I hate this crap!

[kirk98]

I don't have the Yahoo toolbar. I have a browser pop-up blocker, but even when I turn the computer on and just let it sit at my desktop i still get these damn pop-ups. But when i open my Internet Explorer the pop-ups get BAD! I have Adaware, I'll have to check out Spybot.


ps- www.heavy.com is another one.

[kirk98]

www.winfixer.com, goldenpalace.com are more. I remember deleting a program called WildTangent. I have to restart my computer. I'm installing Spybot.

[asdf1234]

Format, Reinstall.

[kirk98]

I just ran Spybot. I'm still getting pop-ups from 0dp.com and firstadsolution, but they're not as bad as it was. Mannnn- I hope I don't have to format and reinstall this stupid thing. I'm not in the mood for that.

[andrew.brandon]

dosent microsoft have a new program that puts ad ware to shame?

[Everglades W68]

1. Format and reinstall

2. Stop visiting pr0n sites

[kirk98]

Believe it or not Everglades W68, this particular computer is pr0n free! We've even had it for over a year.

Since I've ran Spybot last nite the pop-ups have dramatically stopped! The only pop-up i get now is from www.0dp.com and when it comes up, it shows up in pairs, weird. Anyone know of any free Anti-virus programs for download?

[andrew.brandon]

try this... http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

[SpeedingFirebird]

As already said. Use firefox - no pop-ups period. IE sucks a$$.

Upgrade your adaware version to the latest. Replace your windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file with one that maps all ad sites into nothing.

no need to reinstall the entire machine.

[ January 03, 2006, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: SpeedingFirebird ]

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