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Lady Gaga Snerd


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  All of the sudden I am getting a bunch of freaking popup ads from couponarific.  I don't know how to block or stop this stupid thing.  It is grossly slowing down loading of my message boards and use of the scroll, etc.  I have gone online and looked for ways to make changes.  I tried windows Defender.  I tried AVG.  I dont' know what virus or program or whatever anymore!!!!!!  furious



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ed11563


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One program I have running all the time is

Lavasoft Ad-Aware.

 

It's a free download at download.com .

Also Spybot Search and Destroy, and Spyware Blaster.

 

I might have other pop-up blockers running; I'll see if I can figure out what else to suggest.

What anti-virus software are you using?

 



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Lady Gaga Snerd


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Yeah, I went to download the stupid Spybot but it isn't free. Says it's a free download and then when you down load, it will only activate after you purchase it. Arrrggh.

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Everything has to be purchased. That one only does 15 fixes. I have more than 70 threats. I think I will take it in and get someone to work on it. How the hell do you that what you are downloading is even real? Geez this is annoying.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Yeah, I went to download the stupid Spybot but it isn't free. Says it's a free download and then when you down load, it will only activate after you purchase it. Arrrggh.

You don't have to activate it, activating only gets you automatic updates. You should be able to just run it without activating it. 

 

Just curious, how much $$ do they want for activation?

Is this where you went to download it?

http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=spybot+search+and+destroy&platform=Windows&searchtype=downloads



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Go to where you can add or delete programs. Someone may have accidentally installed something that is causing the pop ups.

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ed11563


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Try this:

Pop-up Blocking in Firefox:

 

In the top-left of the Firefox window, find the words

" File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help".

 

Click on Tools.

 

In the Tools window that opens, lick on "Content".

Click to check the box next to  "Block pop-up windows"

then at the bottom click "OK".

 

Close and restart Firefox and go back to the Tools / Content window.

Verify that the box is still checked.

 



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Lady Gaga Snerd


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I don't know what happened. I tweaked around a bunch of stuff and poof, the pop ups are gone! Not sure how but who cares, they are gone! At least for now, lol.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I don't know what happened. I tweaked around a bunch of stuff and poof, the pop ups are gone! Not sure how but who cares, they are gone! At least for now, lol.

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INTERESTING. i WENT TO BOTH VERSIONS OF download.com and download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html

and it was hijacked ( i saw a brief glimpse of the right page) by My PC Backup.com
that costs money and is clearly not what was sought......
spybot search and destry: This is a one time fee - no additional fees applicable.
3 Year Software License & VIP Support for ONLY $16.98 per year. (Best Value!)
2 Year Software License & Support for $18.48 per year.
1 Year Software License for $2.49/month.
Get one Year Ultra Fast Download Speeds with Download Accelerator Plus for only $1.49/month

Filename: SpywareBlaster Setup.exe
Full Path: c:\Users\\Downloads\SpywareBlaster Setup.exe

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Details
Stability Unknown,  Very Few Users,  Very New,  User Trusted

Origin
Downloaded from 
software.downtoad.com/v2/click/ligiz166/ Setup&sid=Bing2-USA-SpywareBlaster-

Activity
Actions performed: Suspicious actions performed: None

Developers 
Download Publisher


Version 
3.0.0.61


Identified 
12/29/2014 at 7:32:10 PM


Last Used 
Not Available


Startup Item 
No


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Unknown
This program crash history is not known.

Very Few Users
Fewer than 5 users in the Norton Community have used this file.

Very New
This file was released less than 1 week  ago.

User Trusted
You have indicated that this file is trusted.


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software.downtoad.com/v2/click/ligiz166/ Setup&sid=Bing2-USA-SpywareBlaster-

Downloaded File SpywareBlaster Setup.exe from downtoad.com




spywareblaster setup.exe




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File Thumbprint - SHA:
e6fec830f8067519186f31335aeaf3a7acf90dbdd787235afa99e99bd5eb28e3
File Thumbprint - MD5:
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aergia


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i installed spy blaster

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