annoying full screen pop ups

[Blossomhere]

Recently my computer seems to have been taken over by
Explorer. I get as many as 5 or 6 full screen pages for
all kinds of sites whenever I click on a topic. For
instance if I try to play Strike A Match, I immediately
get Matchmaker, Find a Match, etc etc. on top of the game
screen and often the unwanted screen is impossible to get
rid of. What's going on? Am I missing something?

 

[Randy Byrne]

Got to http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html and download/install
Spybot ASAP.

Run it, Click on the update, then search. It should find spyware, popup generators
and hijackers that could be causing you popups. Have it remove them. It may have to
reboot and run again. Just make sure you tell it to "Fix" the problems it finds.

Good luck! Hope this helps!

Randy Byrne
JAHP

 

[sgopus]

Along that vein, your pc has been invaded by
spyware/malware, you need a combination of software to
clean and keep it out, get a better firewall than the
built in one for XP, zonealarm is free, adaware is a great
free product, and cleans stuff that spybot doesn't, also
get spywareblaster , use them often, especially after each
install of any third party software.

-----Original Message-----
Got to http://www.safer-

networking.org/en/download/index.html and download/install

 

[Michael Ortega]

Hello,

It looks like you have a virus or adware or something to that nature

Download Ad-aware SE and scan your PC for the presence of spyware:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

3 Steps to Help Insure Your PC is Protected:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811113&Product=windowsxpsp2

Learn About Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/preinstall.mspx

What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Direct Download):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

Michael Ortega

 

[Rock]

Recently my computer seems to have been taken over by
Explorer. I get as many as 5 or 6 full screen pages for
all kinds of sites whenever I click on a topic. For
instance if I try to play Strike A Match, I immediately
get Matchmaker, Find a Match, etc etc. on top of the game
screen and often the unwanted screen is impossible to get
rid of. What's going on? Am I missing something?

Run these programs to check for spyware/malware. After installing
update them, then boot into safe mode and run them. You should update
and run them weekly.

Cwshredder
http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#cwshred

Ad-aware SE
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

Pest Patrol Free Pest Scanner
http://www.pestscan.com/ScanOrTrial.asp

If you’re still having problems after running these then run HijackThis
and post the log to one of the specialty forums, _NOT_ this one.

HijackThis
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155

Forums to Interpret HijackThis Logs:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/

After your system is clean use these programs to help keep it clean:

Spywareblaster
www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

Spywareguard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

IE-SPYAD
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm