dalegoldston Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 Man my machine is infected with pop ups. Leave it sit idle and sooner or later windows start to open all kinds some not so bad some not so good. I have spybot and adaware also norton but I cant seem to get rid of this crap and its pissing me off. Quote
jakehopt Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 Man my machine is infected with pop ups. Leave it sit idle and sooner or later windows start to open all kinds some not so bad some not so good. I have spybot and adaware also norton but I cant seem to get rid of this crap and its pissing me off. When was the last time you reformatted your computer? Quote
nomad Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 Man my machine is infected with pop ups. Leave it sit idle and sooner or later windows start to open all kinds some not so bad some not so good. I have spybot and adaware also norton but I cant seem to get rid of this crap and its pissing me off. With Nortons, open up your icon and goto "Antispam". Make sure both settings for "Ad blocking"and "Pop-up blocking" are turned on. If so, go to the "Live update" button at the top of the Nortons window and try to update your software. With Windows, goto "tools" in the top portion of your browser and click "pop-up blocker" to see if it's turned on. If it is, I would also look for updates. Spybot won't help with pop-up ads, only trojan horse type files. I don't run adware so I can't comment. Goodluck! Quote
dalegoldston Posted August 20, 2006 Author Report Posted August 20, 2006 That was what I was thinking its been a while. Damn it I hate to lose all the crap on there. Hell I would be afraid to save anything off of it in case I saved a infected file. Quote
jakehopt Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 That was what I was thinking its been a while. Damn it I hate to lose all the crap on there. Hell I would be afraid to save anything off of it in case I saved a infected file. It's definately a touchy subjuct, but the chances of saving an infected file are very slim, what you need to do, or what my suggestion is. A. Backup ONLY the most important things on your computer. B. Reformat your computer. (if you don't know how then let me know I can help out) C. Put your backed up files back on the PC. D. Run ad-aware. Quote
dalegoldston Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Posted August 21, 2006 Thanks for the help. I think the regcleaner fixed me up or one of the pop up killers I downloaded hard to tell but all is fine now. Well I hope time will tell. Quote
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