Unrelenting adware

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From: MAP (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 03:00:06 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>Oh man, i'm about to explode from frustration. Ok...I
have been getting unacceptable amounts of pop-ups latley.
I run adaware and spybot on a daily basis, always getting
70+ results. I clean them about and go about my business
(Which is hard when every 20 minutes I recieve a new
popup.) But they persist. So I run a free anti-virus
program called "The Cleaner" and after about 90 minutes
it finishes. It has found 247 instances of 7 different
trojans. So i fix them all. Disinfect when possible,
delete when necessary. Cool I think...There go my
problems...I go back to my computer a few hours later to
find 11 popups just waiting for me to scream at them. Im
at a complete loss. adaware removes them, but they come
right back. I get rid of the viruses but the adware and
spyware is still there. I don't understand it. I visit
only 5 sites on a regular basis and I know they are not
the problem. I can't bear the thought of reformatting, I
can't exactly back up the 40+ gigs of data that I wouild
need to. Any suggestions would be highly
appreciated...thanks for your time.
>.
>
Are you using a firewall?

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