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philo

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bloody pop ups
May 23, 2009, 03:12:06 pm
after downloading a dodgy item i get pop ups regularly, the same one a bloody internet explorer window with the following:

Internet explorer script error

an error has occured with a script on this page

****://rad.msn.com/ADSAdClient31***************



blanked the link so people dont click it too


anyone got any way of getting rid without formatting pc? cheers

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#1 Re: bloody pop ups
May 23, 2009, 03:16:34 pm

Do the usual scans with adaware, spybot then install something like Anti Malware and do a full scan.

Scan dodgy downloads before installing them...

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#2 Re: bloody pop ups
May 23, 2009, 03:42:47 pm
normally do but it was from someone i know on msn so i just downloaded :[
agv comes back clean
ill try that malware one thanks!

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#3 Re: bloody pop ups
May 23, 2009, 09:01:50 pm
Again, try SuperAntiSpyware, it's quite good for this sort of shit.

 

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