Pesty Popups

[xramx]

Over the last 10 days or so advertising Pop-ups have been appearing and
I can’t seem to find a way to stop them. It’s probably associated with
something I changed or installed, but I can’t remember anything specific.

I use Maxthon on top of IE6. The urls displayed in the address bar of
the popups include:

http://c5.zedo.com
http://adopt.specificclick.net

The IE icon is displayed in the right hand corner although Maxthon is
active browser.

I sense they may be associated with specific sites; maybe script
related; and timed to repeat periodically. But I still can’t figure out
how to stop them.

Both Mathon and IE have the popup blockers enabled. Have run Adaware &
Spybot, plus have Spy Sweeper continually active.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Over the last 10 days or so advertising Pop-ups have been appearing
and I can’t seem to find a way to stop them. It’s probably
associated with something I changed or installed, but I can’t
remember anything specific.
I use Maxthon on top of IE6. The urls displayed in the address bar of
the popups include:

http://c5.zedo.com
http://adopt.specificclick.net

The IE icon is displayed in the right hand corner although Maxthon is
active browser.

I sense they may be associated with specific sites; maybe script
related; and timed to repeat periodically. But I still can’t figure
out how to stop them.

Both Mathon and IE have the popup blockers enabled. Have run Adaware &
Spybot, plus have Spy Sweeper continually active.

Any help would be appreciated.

You are probably infested with malware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
(http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

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[Donny Broome]

Have you tried SpySweeper? What about a scan with Ad-Aware while running in
Safe Mode?
http://www.broomeman.com/spyware/


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