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[Desperate] Help with browser pop-ups

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by finalsbound, Oct 4, 2007.

  1. finalsbound

    finalsbound Member

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    i've run my symantec anti-virus and spybot: search and destroy, nothing comes up.

    i run mozilla and have stayed away from IE for a couple years now. recently though i've been getting a ridiculous amount of pop-ups in the IE browser, just randomly, even if there are no programs open.

    NOW, I'm trying to write a paper that's due in an hour and half, and when i go to type in Word the cursor disappears (as if there's going to be a pop-up) but nothing happens. I just lose my cursor and I have to click where my last word was to continue writing. it wouldn't be that bad except it does it after every 3 to 4 words and i feel like pounding my head against the wall. i type a sentence only to find that it only typed the first word and a half.

    it's taken a long time just to type this.

    Someone help, i'd appreciate it SOOO much!
     
  2. WildSweet&Cool

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    So..... are you having a problem with popups, or are you having a problem with your computer not responding?
     
  3. SLrocket

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    use zonealarm
     
  4. finalsbound

    finalsbound Member

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    I sound like an absolute idiot, LOL.

    Honestly I don't know how to explain it.

    Someone just told me to download AdAware, which I just did and 30 seconds into the scan has found 642 "infections." I guess this was the answer, should've waited a couple minutes to start a new thread.
     
  5. WildSweet&Cool

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    Okay. Yeah Adaware, spybot, and antivirus are the three most-needed utilities.


    No sweat. You're a chick, so you can get away with it.
     
  6. pirc1

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    What kind of p*rn sites have you been visiting? :D
     
  7. finalsbound

    finalsbound Member

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    is that where they come from?

    i keep getting really awful explicit pictures popping up.

    i don't do the p*rn thing, maybe its from one of those torrent sites with the naked babe ads? :confused: :(
     
  8. JamesC

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    I have the exact problem and I havent figured it out either. I use Firefox and I constantly get pop ups from Internet Explorer.
     
  9. WildSweet&Cool

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    You've probably got a corrupted hosts file. go to c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc and find a file named "hosts" (not "hosts.sam"). Edit this file with notepad. If you see a big long list of spam or p*rn sites, then, yeah, your hosts file is messed up.
     
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    Was it messed up?
     

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