Really need computer help please??? re asking to make sure i get all the bast answers?

Question

This is a pop up message i get when i sign in...line b problem xml: object required????

I use yahoo 360 and face book.

My daughter uses Bebo

My hubby says she got a request for a downloads recently and ever since i get a pop up saying that internet explorer needs to download and i keep saying no but it keeps coming up??

Also since this although my pop up blocker is on i am getting about 8 an hour!! anybody know a reason or how to cure it please???

Answer 1

For the short answer- AOL, Yahoo and other browsers have crawlers that constantly scan your pc as to where and what you go to and are interested in. Make sure your virus protection (Norton or whatever) is up to date. Then boot up in SAFE mode and run your virus protection then. Depending on your PC (watch when you boot up) it should be F8 to push when booting. Do all of your scans in safe mode and what this does is it scans when only the minimum is running. Then obviously stay away from the AOL or whatever it may be where you got it from.

Good Luck!

Don

Answer 2

the popups are from when you have ahd the popup blockerturned of for a bit... mabey even only a few seconds and they plant them selfs into ure PC and a pop upblocker afterwards shall not effet it.. what u need to do is a virus/malware scan.... acsess your antivirus software and then run a scan from there :P hope i helped

Answer 3

internet explorer needs to download what? if it bothers you and you think it's safe??? download it, if it's rubbish, do a systems restore.. to a day before you got the pop up's. should do the trick.. good luck.

Answer 4

Is your home page Yahoo?  You might want to change your home page then close Internet explorer, then open it again to see if it works.

Answer 5

I DONT KNOW TO B HONEST MAYBE YA CAUGHT A VIRIS

Answer 6

It sounds like you caught a dose of malware. Here is what I do for my family and friends to protect their machines and clean them up when they get infected.

Step 1

If you already have an ACTIVE an UP TO DATE Anti-virus program like McAfee or Norton skip this step.

If your anti-virus is not current or you have not renewed the subscription then download AVG Free Anti-Virus from the AVG site and install it

Step 2

Get a good firewall

If you don't have a good firewall with your Anti-virus subscription, download and install Zone Alarm Free version

Step 3

Download and install SuperAntiSpyWare - Use the free home version - Best spyware cleaner and scanner I have found

Be sure to say yes to the updates so you download the latest data files.

Scan the computer with AVG first and the SuperAntiSpyware

Zone Alarm will annoy you with pop-ups until you get it trained. Do not allow it to let program out if you don't know what they are. If you have no idea what a program is, just say no.

Links to all software are below

Good Luck

Answer 7

You need to carry out an Anti-virus and an Anti spyware scan.