Popups in IE without browsing...

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Tacoman667

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Kingwood, TX

• May 29, 2003

• #1

Recently I started getting these banner popups without even browsing the net. I will minimise IE on my computer and within 5 minutes of inactivity I get a popup or 2. Anyone know why this happens? I'm not sure but I don't think this happens when IE is closed tho.

 

carmello22

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May 7, 2003

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Gainesville, FL

• May 29, 2003

• #2

get lavasoft's ad-ware to from download.com to remove ad-ware and then get adsgone to kill popups. this combo works every time

 

Oni

Oni-ni-Kanab;, Ninja Hippo eater Moderator

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St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

• May 29, 2003

• #3

Get Ad-aware from www.lavasoft-usa.com and run it.

Also, do a Google for Spybot Search & Destroy, download that and run it. Also, make sure your virus scanner is up to date

 

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diggingforgold

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Apr 21, 2001

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Augusta Twp, MI

• May 29, 2003

• #4

Ahh yes, adware.

I personally like adaware to remove adware. Good luck.

 

squeezecat

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PA

• Jun 2, 2003

• #5

do you have kazaa, if you do this will also happen even if your not using it