UK420 > Plagued By Pop Ups

Jay1911

Dec 8 2007, 07:57 PM

Evening all,

over the past two days I have been plagued by full screen pop ups for everything from Sky TV to Porn, I have run adaware, spybot and Avast anti virus, I have turned XP's popup blocker to full protection but they still kepp appearing.

Is there anything else I can do ? Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is driving me mad.

I have not installed any new software recently,

J

compostverte

Dec 8 2007, 07:59 PM

maybe you clicked on a popup offering to fix your PC ?

Jay1911

Dec 8 2007, 08:06 PM

QUOTE(compostverte @ Dec 8 2007, 07:59 PM)

maybe you clicked on a popup offering to fix your PC ?

No defo not, I am very careful about things like that, its now getting really annoying, help please................

J

Scribb|e

Dec 8 2007, 08:22 PM

First of all, use Firefox for web browsing if you're not already, also use the Adblock plugin for it.

Second, give your PC a scan with the Ewido online scanner.

If this doesn't help, then you could post a log from a HijackThis scan to see what's up.

herbalboxer

Dec 8 2007, 08:31 PM

i use stopzilla i havnt had a pop up for about two years theres loads of programs out there.. If your gaming online you may get adware and spyware off that..

Jay1911

Dec 8 2007, 10:28 PM

QUOTE(Scribble @ Dec 8 2007, 08:22 PM)

First of all, use Firefox for web browsing if you're not already, also use the Adblock plugin for it.

Second, give your PC a scan with the Ewido online scanner.

If this doesn't help, then you could post a log from a HijackThis scan to see what's up.

Cheers Scribble, just tried all that and right on cue as soon as Ewido had finished removing all the things it found a full screen poker fromSKy popped up !!!!

I think something a bit more sinister is going on though because when I tried downloading Stopzilla as suggested by herbalboxer, I click on the link frm the googe search and the browser closes, every time !!!

Just trying firefox again.

any ideas ?

J

potsmoker93

Dec 8 2007, 10:42 PM

Download Xoftspy from a torrent site, should be around 3 mb's or so, will remove most it not all pop up's, spyware, viruses, etc.

compostverte

Dec 9 2007, 12:41 AM

As Scribble says, changing to Firefox may well solve all your problems.

Have you gained a toolbar ? Sometimes adware is actually uninstallable in the Control Panel, sometimes the perp's website will tell you how to uninstall it.

Can you CTRL ALT DEL and get the task manager up ?
(inability to do this would suggest a virus rather than just adware.)

Jay1911

Dec 9 2007, 01:05 AM

QUOTE(compostverte @ Dec 9 2007, 12:41 AM)

As Scribble says, changing to Firefox may well solve all your problems.

Have you gained a toolbar ? Sometimes adware is actually uninstallable in the Control Panel, sometimes the perp's website will tell you how to uninstall it.

Can you CTRL ALT DEL and get the task manager up ?
(inability to do this would suggest a virus rather than just adware.)

Have now switched to FireFox with recommended addins and (fingers crossed) it seems to have stopped them, its all been very annoying but all seems good now,

many thanks to everyone for the help,

J