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Title: Anyone know how i can check for adware?


BadPixel - April 3, 2007 04:06 PM (GMT)
ok, i have zone alarm pro official, bought and updated. its saying my computer is clean from viruses and spyware but everytime i go on the net i get the same pop ups, it dosnt matter what site im on, google here, wikipedia etc, but its always write off your debts, a youtube wannabe, and scan your pc for viruses. i thinik i might have adware or somthing that zone alarm cant recognize.
can anyone give me a program to scan for this, or tell me if its my settings or somthing, im wary of going on the net at all now.
ive also looked in taskmanager, and there dosnt seem to be any suspicious processes there.

dray - April 3, 2007 04:13 PM (GMT)
Search for Mozilla Adware protector. It should stop any pop-ups.

BadPixel - April 3, 2007 05:11 PM (GMT)
er does it need firefox? because thats all that come up when i search anything with mozilla in the line. do you have a link please.
my mum had a program called ad-aware she gave me that on a pen drive, i installed it and it found 17 items, i now only get clear your debts in 60 months.
i have no clue why its still there.


EDIT: i jsut "deep scanned" my C drive for "negligable or low level" threats and another 2 have appeared. ill look into it when it finishes, but id still like the link please.

btw does anyone want the site it pop up with?

LilBitEvil - April 3, 2007 05:52 PM (GMT)
download adaware made by lavasoft.

retrohelix - April 3, 2007 07:02 PM (GMT)
try spybot search & destroy, it usually finds more hidden stuff than adaware.

Thus Spoke Tim - April 3, 2007 08:37 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (BadPixel @ Apr 3 2007, 12:11 PM)
er does it need firefox?

There's your problem. Get Firefox.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

It's free, yo.

BadPixel - April 3, 2007 09:20 PM (GMT)
spybot ive heard of that, i have adaware, it found 17 thing in total, ill get spybot now. and have a cuppa whilst it scans.
thanks for reccomending the programs.




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