PC Help: Pop/ups / Malware

[SeagullEd]

Hi all,

Sorry this isnt football related it's just fairly urgent PC stuff.

The last couple of days I keep getting pop ups in the right hand corner of my screen advertising stuff very regularly. Occassionally if I'm on a website and click a link it directs me to a completely different website.

I've done a system clean up, uninstalled my web browser and run Malware detection software... is there anything else I can do? Does anyone also get these adverts? where do they come from?

 

[thony]

Hi all,

Sorry this isnt football related it's just fairly urgent PC stuff.

The last couple of days I keep getting pop ups in the right hand corner of my screen advertising stuff very regularly. Occassionally if I'm on a website and click a link it directs me to a completely different website.

I've done a system clean up, uninstalled my web browser and run Malware detection software... is there anything else I can do? Does anyone also get these adverts? where do they come from?

Try a system restore back to a time before you had problems. If you don't have any early enough restore points, the virus may have deliberately trashed them to prevent you doing that. If that's the case, then you'll need to do a restore from a full system image if you've done one, or a restore back to factory build or clean reinstall of Windows.

 

[Hilly]

The correct answer is buy a Mac.







I thank you.

 

[Tux the albion Penguin]

The correct answer is buy a Mac.







I thank you.

Wrong!!! Install Linux

 

[thony]

The correct answer is buy a Mac.


I thank you.

Everyone at Apple thanks you too - for being prepared to pay twice what the hardware is worth!

 

[Tux the albion Penguin]

I sent him some advice to through pm. Hopefully a combo on what I put and you suggested would help

 

[jackanada]

Wrong!!! Install Linux

Best and cheapest answer.

 

[phoenix]

I would try Malabytes in SAFE mode, seems to get rid of a lot more. (super anti spyware is good) both free to use.

 

[SeagullEd]

I've done system restore, run Firefox and Malabytes in safe mode and also installed add ins to Mozills including 'AdBlocker' and 'Flashblocker' but I am still getting a few pop ups on the right hand side when I go on certain websites (including this one) ... any more ideas?

 

[madinthehead]

Give me some exact examples of what is popping up. Or maybe even better take a screenshot.

 

[SeagullEd]

View attachment Doc1.pdf

Hope that worked, thats one example

 

[SeagullEd]

View attachment Doc2.pdf
Also, every time I do a virus scan after about 18 minutes it hits on this file which makes my computer shut itself down nothing I can do...

Argh!

 

[dadams2k11]

I would try Malabytes in SAFE mode, seems to get rid of a lot more. (super anti spyware is good) both free to use.

Malwarebytes - boot the PC in "safe mode with networking" then download and install it then run it. Brilliant for removing Malware and Spyware.

 

[SeagullEd]

I've done it in Safe mode but I downloaded it not in safe mode... does this make a difference?

 

[SWCspider-man]

In the words of Roy from the IT crowd

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

 

[Cappers]

The correct answer is buy a Mac.







I thank you.

That's my line!

 

[phoenix]

I've done it in Safe mode but I downloaded it not in safe mode... does this make a difference?

No as long as you update it.

 

[gazingdown]

Everyone at Apple thanks you too - for being prepared to pay twice what the hardware is worth!

Yeah, how much is that used PC worth lol

 

[madinthehead]

Sorry didnt see your other messages.. Is it fixed now?

 

[Westdene Wonder]

A recent PC mag states that the days of virus free Apples is over,it was a challenge and as usual eventually they had to fall.