Pc advertisement wont go away..?

Question

Ive an advert for downloading an anti-virus which wont shift do you have any ideas?

Answer 1

if you use mozilla firefox download and install adblocker plus it gets rid of pretty much every add and popups

you can download it here

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

if you are not using mozilla firefox and use internet explorer instead then i reccomend you download and install this

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox...

Answer 2

It may be that your computer may already be infected by the fake anti-virus software, especially if the same ad pops up no matter what page you are browsing.  There's a lot of things you can look at and remove, registry editing, etc.. but for a simple fix download SuperAntiSpyware.

http://www.superantispyware.com/superant...

They have a free version that will take care of all the adware/spyware/virii.  Install it, let it update, and then do a 'complete' scan of your hard drive.  It takes a while but completely clears everything. I use it to get rid of the virii that other antivirus seem to miss. (I repair computers for a living)  If it finds any virii, and not just spyware or adware, then after you reboot, do another complete scan.  Unlike other antivirus, the free version will completely remove all threats without purchase.  The only downfall is that you have to manually start the scan with the free version.

Personally however, I'd download the free trial so you don't have to scan your hard drive twice.  The free trial scans in real time so it will remove everything in memory immediately and keep any virus from re-writing itself to another portion of the hard drive during the manual scan.  After you're clean, you can just uninstall the free trial and go back to the free one if you want to keep using it.  Anyway, fantastic program, but a horrible name. =/