Unauthorized Windows 98 Popups

[aryastarks]

I recently am flooded with a crap load of Windows pop-ups advertising for HOT DATES. WTF. It started about 2 days ago after i've hooked up my router.

The popups appear when i click on Microsoft Outlook and IE, so it's not an IE problem alone.

What caused it? cos I don't recall downloading/installing anything from the net or elsewhere for the past 6 mths.

Arya

 

[joegz]

First try downloading Adaware to do a scan of your system. Then downlooads spybot and do another scan.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

http://security.kolla.de/

This will help clear your system of any spyware or scumware.

Then you may want to look into some pop-up stopper program to better manage those pop-ups. There is a bunch of them like popup stopper, window washer, web window killer, etc... joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."

 

[yuxej]

I just started having this popup issue after installing KaZAalite. This popup is the same ad every time I open a folder or IE6. I check msconfig, IE6 options, and statup but seem to find nothing. I try ctrl+Alt+del but did not find any strange thing running in the background either. Any idea how to find out what's causing this?

Yuxej

 

[aryastarks]

thanks, man!