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When I'm browsing on the web—regardless of the browser—once in a while there is a pop-up in the bottom left corner.

popup window

I tried scanning the computer with Ad-Aware & malwarebyte.org but that didn't solve the problem.

When I right click on that Spam block, sometimes i get a menu with copyright information. The copyright says it belongs to "DSNR Media Group".

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    Describe the pop-up in more detail. It sounds unassociated with your browser and is possibly an infection your computer has. Try investigating your computer with the MalwareBytes software. malwarebytes.org
    – JoshDM
    Jan 11, 2013 at 19:21
  • I suggest you give a screenshot. "A popup" is quite vague.
    – Ariane
    Jan 11, 2013 at 19:32
  • Usually a pop-up within a browswer is from the javascript downloaded from a particular site that is then active. Note which site you are both visiting and just changed from, when the popup occurs. Also make sure your browser has popups disabled.
    – jdh
    Jan 11, 2013 at 19:37
  • A screenshot can be found at: link , the OS of the computer: Windows 7 Home Premium
    – Spons
    Jan 11, 2013 at 19:45
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    Does this occur on every website? If so, it's probably some malware you have installed that is under the radar of the malware detectors. Look in Add & Remove Programs for anything suspicious. Have you installed any trialware/freeware lately? Jan 11, 2013 at 20:13

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Because the "popup" is XP themed and your version of Windows is using the Aero theme it is obviously not an actual popup generated by the browser or a program, but a website's "trick" popup. As @jdh said, it is most likely a javascript or similar active content "feature". If you want to get rid of it, look into ad blockers such as AdBlock Plus or NoScript.

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  • I am well familiar with the popups in the screen caps you posted. I can tell you with certainty that Adblock+ in Firefox stops them dead. Internet Explorer on the other hand, I've never found a way to eliminate them short of totally disabling java script and Active-X. Good luck
    – OCDtech
    Jan 11, 2013 at 20:41
  • The combination of the 2 adblockers did the job! thank you very much!
    – Spons
    Jan 11, 2013 at 20:51
  • @OCDtech: While it's not perfect and nowhere close to what AB+ can do, Tracking Protection in IE using EasyList or Fanboy's List (same as AB+ uses) will help a lot.
    – Karan
    Jan 12, 2013 at 2:35
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If these popups appear in every browser and random websites which usually don't have these popups, that's crystal clear: you got a malware.

Too bad the software you tried didn't detect it. Report it to the publisher, they'll be happy to eradicate it.

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Install Ad-Blocker add-in on all the browsers. I got the similar issue on my system. After researching many articles i have installed the add-on and tried and it worked perfectly.

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Search through your PC's hard drive and delete the following files:

TagEditionOperations.java
LyricsContent_java.sample
AutoSetLyricsAction.java

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