Re: pop-ups

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From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:20:17 -0500

Nick,
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
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"Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I downloaded (carelessly I might add)a screensaver from a
> site, and i suspect there was more than a screensaver on
> the file. Ever since then (I deleted it by the way) I've
> been getting pop-ups a lot more than usual, even on sites
> that were po-up free (google, this site) they all seem to
> be the same few, there's one from singleme.com, there's
> one asking me which emoticon is my favourite, and they
> never seem to go away. Every single time I refresh or
> click a new link, they come back. Please help me out
> here. I've tried deleting the screensaver file, searching
> pop-up or viruses on my computer, I've enabled to see
> hidden files, I've looked through all the files that were
> created, accessed or modified since the date I downloaded
> it. But still everytime I startup Internet Explorer, I
> get these damn pop-ups. I've even tried reinstalling
> Internet Explorer suspecting that the file is attached
> onto one of the Internet Explorer .exe files, so
> everytime I start it up, it starts up. Please help me
> out, I am seriously annoyed...
>
> Thanks
> Nick

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