Techie Question...Please Help!!!

1 Apr 2004

Hi Guys.....I clicked accidentally on a Website and now I keep getting pop-up's all over the place even though I closed down the Website as soon as I'd clicked on it.
Now when I'm online there are lots of pop-ups and when I log off I get pop-ups too!!! sad

Do I have a Virus? If so, how do I get it sorted out.....please please help me....
Thanks
Helen.

1 Apr 2004

I'd be grateful to know the answer to this too, the PC my daughter uses does the same thing as soon as she connects to the internet.

1 Apr 2004

You could try downloading a program like Ad-aware, it searches your machine for little spies in your cookies and deletes them.
Dawn :silly:

1 Apr 2004

I tried that this morning but it didn't seem to work....I'm thinking it might be a virus instead. But thanks for the advice....

1 Apr 2004

Relativly new here (John dont hit me again!), but I might suggest:
o loading the Google toolbar to stop most pop ups
o download latest virus sig files
o perform full scan on your PC
I love the Google toolbar anyway - its well worth having.
Hope you get it sorted,
Ian

1 Apr 2004

Chesh - I just downloaded the google toolbar - thanks for mentioning it!
Mrs Peel

1 Apr 2004

It sounds like your browser's been hijacked though it could be a virus.
See for more info.

1 Apr 2004

Quote by CheshireIan_68878
I love the Google toolbar anyway - its well worth having.

I concur though you may want to customise it.

1 Apr 2004

Thanks for the help guys.....I'm going to install the Google Toolbar in a second and I'll make sure I use ad-aware every day...so we'll see what happens....
Thanks again!!

1 Apr 2004

Quote by DreamerHelen
Thanks for the help guys.....I'm going to install the Google Toolbar in a second and I'll make sure I use ad-aware every day...so we'll see what happens....
Thanks again!!

just like changing your undies every day....use adware every day :-)

1 Apr 2004

Quote by JQL
See for more info.

I can highly commend CWshredder, available from the same site, for cleaning hijacked browsers/machines:

It cleared a nasty case of hijacking which also included writing various unsavoury items to a gentleman's "Favourites" folder, every time he rebooted following a clean-up.
Mandy