PROBLEM SOLVED!!
Well, turns out that after simply re-installing Internet Explorer, my problem has gone away. It's funny that after trying all those things to solve the problem, I started using Mozilla as my borwser and now it's my browser of choice! It seems to load pages MUCH faster than ie...
Recap of problem:
Surfing the web running internet explorer was fine. Than one day, I began getting lots of popup/popunder ads. Even when setting the IE start page to a blank page, the ad problem would begin.
What I tried:
SystemWorks 2003 with latest definitions.
Adaware
AVG 6.0
Panda...
Okay, so on a suggestion from a friend, I downloaded and installed Mozilla (which I'm using as I type this) and my problems went away. So it seems the problem is specific to IE. I guess I should try to re-install IE??? What do you think??
Thanks!
Yeah, tried that as well as HijackThis and problem still won't go away. :(
Please tell me I don't have to re-install my OS???!!!! Any other ideas??
Thanks!
Hmm, not sure if I'm doing this right or not...
I went to system properties and then to the System Restore tab. Then clicked on the check box for "Turn off System Restore on all drives". Is that what you meant for me to do?
Either way, when I do that and restart in safe mode, I...
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