Help, annoying pop up ads

Question

How can I stop those annoying pop up ads from appearing on my computer? I have pop up blocker on, but I still get them.

Answer 1

Your machine is infected. Pop-ups are mostly caused by adware, spyware, and other malicious and unwanted software and using pop-up blocker won't help an infected PC. No single anti-spyware application is perfect so I recommend using at least 2 different programs. Spybot Search & Destroy is one of the best. I also recommend SUPERAntiSpyware. Other free anti-spyware programs would be Adaware, AVG Anti-spyware (formally Ewido), A-squared, Spyware Terminator and SpywareBlaster.

Running these programs in Safe Mode (tap F8 as the computer boots up and choose to boot to safe mode) can be more effective.

If you do not have an updated anti-virus program always running, you need to get one. Install only one, but you can get AVG, Avast! or AntiVir for free.

I strongly recommend using FireFox, it's a far better and safer alternative to Internet Explorer. If you add-on McAfee SiteAdvisor, it will warn you of potentially harmful sites. I also recommend CCleaner which is a free system optimization and privacy tool.

Answer 2

you could have spyware malware on your pc.

try to use something like lavasoft spyware removers.

Answer 3

Download and run spybot and superantispyware

Answer 4

Go to

http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=p...

and download the file nd install the software ...this should help u out !

Answer 5

A firewall is an asset... check if your windows firewall is on.. also.. you may be infected with spyware.. which would be causing an unusual amount of pop ups... definitely run a spyware and virus scan .. if you don't have a scanner program installed you can go to housecall.trendmicro.com for a free scan to find and remove any malware that may be infecting the system.. good luck ;)

Answer 6

run antispwyare scan, antivirus scan and firewall scan (if firewall contains scan, not all of them have it).  What kind of antivirus, firewall and antispyware or security suite do you use?

You need not subscribe for them. There are very good free ones. Avira Antivir classic, comodo firewall and ad-aware antispyware are free and work very well.