Pop ups and redirected with internet explorer?

Question

i just came back from a 5 week holiday and im in the process of updating everything on my computer but when im using internet explorer ever now and then it would redirect me to a diffrent website like money supermarket.com and similar websites and even when im not using internet explorer every while i will get a pop up of a insurance website or bingo or cloths that kinda thing so now im using safari and firefox and im having no problems so i thaught that it might be a virus i have doing it but i never had this problem till i went away

can anyone help me?? im running norton 360 virus check at the moment

Answer 1

You have spyware (hijacker).

Run:

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Edit:

If your still have problems do two free online scans:

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/

These scans take time & remove for free what they find.

Answer 2

Download SuperAntiSpyware

http://www.superantispyware.com/superant...   [Free home edition]

Restart your PC in safe mode, and run a full scan.

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.s...

While in safe mode, you may also want to have a look at your start up items by using msconfig.

http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/

Be careful with the items you uncheck, you can have a look here to see if they are necessary

http://www.greatis.com/appdata/index.htm...

You should also have a look at your IE Add-ons while in safe mode.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...

Disable any you do not use.

After you reboot back to normal mode, download and install ccleaner to fix any registry problems and clean up old temp files.

http://www.ccleaner.com   [Free]

Answer 3

Download the free version of Superantispyware.  http://www.superantispyware.com

Finds viruses and spyware without any conflict to your own antivirus.

Update and run and in depth scan.  Free you must update daily on a manual basis or purchase and get auto. updates.

Mind Doctor, France.

Answer 4

Well! i have faced this problem before...

1st. Remove the Norton 360 its useless... Just go to avast.com and use that antivirus for free..

2nd. Don't use Internet Explorer it hacks easily so use FIREFOX instead of IE...

3rd. Use spyBot Search and Destroy ...found easily at google

Regards,

http://www.downloadrange.com

Answer 5

Go with Sly Old Mole's answer, I would have suggested much the same.



Do NOT go with dredme's answer it will lead you to more malware infections and the site he is suggesting is known to be unsafe.

Answer 6

Use anti spyware to solve this. You can find information and reviews on anti spywares at the link below.