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Do I have a virus on my computer? - Stephanie - 04-08-2014 08:16 PM
When I go to any website on the internet these advertisements pop out of nowhere. It's always the same advertisements which is weird. I just close them all and use the internet. It's getting annoying now because each time that I go to a website these advertisements pop up. I do remember downloading some things a few weeks ago but I deleted them off my computer. How do I get rid of the advertisements? Do I have a virus?
- saurabh - 04-08-2014 08:18 PM
This seems to be more of a malware issue rather than a virus. I have dealt with this issue myself, it probably came with some free software you installed. You can use Malwarebytes Anti-malware to scan your PC and remove the malwares.
Here's the download link:
https://www.malwarebytes.org/free/
- Max - 04-08-2014 08:23 PM
Your computer is infected with some sort of spyware/malware program, which randomly display ads to you
Download & install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware from
http://filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/
and do quick scan to detect and remove malware
- Razule - 04-08-2014 08:26 PM
I agree with Saurabh that it likely is malware. If Malwarebytes doesn't solve the issue you can also try spybot search and destroy. I've found that when one fails the other tends to succeed. Sometimes it even gets rid of just 1 thing and then the other is able to find all the rest. Wish they'd get together and make a combined program considering how well they work when used in tandem. Link is in my sources.
- Jack - 04-08-2014 08:36 PM
Its not a Virus. I think you can block those by using Add-ons in your browser
For Instance
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom/related?hl=en
For Chrome