Adware help.

Printable View

03-04-2008, 04:13 PM
PaulMacC

Adware help.

I think someone has installed some kind of adware, I've used AVG AntiAd and Ad-Aware, they deleted a few though Im still getting them, My brother was downloading some type of serial or crack for his game to put on a memory stick via my pc and he ran it so now Im stuck with alot of poker adverts popping up and every 10-15 minutes AVG pops up saying "A virus has appeared, heal, move to vault etc"
Can someone help me and get rid of this adware for good other than a pop-up blocker what can I use, I think it's in the system 32 folder though no idea, he said when he downloaded he saw system 32.

thanks in advanced.
03-04-2008, 05:55 PM
PaulMacC

Cant edit above though I recently rescanned and I have something called a tracking cookie, I deleted it though I know there is more adware, anyone know a program that will delete them?
03-04-2008, 06:33 PM
Obiod

Get Windows defender, If it can't remove/delete the virus from your harddrive, It'll give you the option to quarantine it,

(Quarantine definition for noobs: Quarantine meaning disable)
03-04-2008, 09:32 PM
PaulMacC

Alright, I'll check that out.
04-04-2008, 08:29 AM
Agnostic Bear

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulMacC

I think someone has installed some kind of adware, I've used AVG AntiAd and Ad-Aware, they deleted a few though Im still getting them, My brother was downloading some type of serial or crack for his game to put on a memory stick via my pc and he ran it so now Im stuck with alot of poker adverts popping up and every 10-15 minutes AVG pops up saying "A virus has appeared, heal, move to vault etc"
Can someone help me and get rid of this adware for good other than a pop-up blocker what can I use, I think it's in the system 32 folder though no idea, he said when he downloaded he saw system 32.

thanks in advanced.

Looks like your PC is infected! I suggest deleting System32 just to be on the safe side.
04-04-2008, 08:33 AM
cocaine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lolcopters

Looks like your PC is infected! I suggest deleting System32 just to be on the safe side.

LMAOOOOOOO

and yeah use adaware or spybot search and destroy :P
06-04-2008, 09:12 PM
PaulMacC

I've tried all those and they didnt work.
Lolcopters very funny,
10-04-2008, 08:14 PM
dobbin

lol

I had the same problem a while back cos i was going on porn sites to much i got pop ups and that but i tried everything it stop them the only thing i could do in the end was to reinstall windows xp.