Questions tagged [adware]
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How can I intercept what process is calling Chrome? [duplicate]
I've got some adware and it opens a URL. Let's call it "ads".
I tried to troubleshoot with different anti-spyware but it was ineffective.
I want to intercept ANY call to Chrome which is opening the ...
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All search engines replaced with Yahoo as well as home page
While installing GOM player it occurred to my girlfriend to have all their search engines in deleted, replaced with Yahoo only. As well, the home page was replaced with Yahoo.
The homepage is ...
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Safely getting a file from a Mac computer with malware
A family member has a MacBook Pro with a file I need on it, but it’s pretty clear the Mac has some sort of malware on it.
Regular Internet browsing—mostly via Google Chrome—opens up ad tabs on ...
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How to remove wajam?
I have already
deinstalled all suspicious software
run adwcleaner
run malwarebytes anti-malware
deleted all cookies
still, google chrome is infected
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Computer infected by adware that my antivirus hasn't picked up
I've recently noticed that my browser (Google Chrome) occasionally opens two new tabs on its own seemingly randomly. The two tabs display the same page- supposedly offering some BT broadband 2015 ...
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How can I remove "Positive Finds ads" from Google search results?
I'm using Chrome on Windows 7.
When I search something on Google, I see some ads (which say "Positive Finds")
above typical search results.
How can I remove this?
I've uninstalled all suspicious ...
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Can Adware and other programs be downloaded onto your pc when its asleep?
I left work and had 2 days off when i can back my laptop was infected with ad ware upon looking into i found out that the ad-ware had been installed on a day i wasn't at work, is it possible for ad-...
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Removing invisible extension “happysale” in google chrome
The extension "happysale" is showing ads by "gifton" in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, and I seem to be unable to remove it.
When I go to extensions in Chrome I can't see it, but when i go to ...
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Weird adware source code in every website
I've got a weird script popping up on every website I go on. What makes it even weirder is that it does absolutely nothing. I didn't notice anything until I saw this kind of stuff:
I've tried making ...
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Downloading software without bloatware
From time to time, I find myself needing a piece of software to perform a specific task. Download.com (CNET) used to be a good site. But now, I find that they bundle a lot of "evilware", i.e. ...
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laptop shuts off out of sudden when the fan suddenly stops spinning
My laptop recently got an issue. it will shuts down during loading when I turn it off repeatedly. it got worse during time, previously, if it happens, next try the laptop would work fine, but now, I ...
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Hosts file "type"
I am using Windows Vista. The "type" column next to my hosts file in windows explorer says "sAveRabox." This appears to be the name of adware that I recently removed. How can I restore the "type" ...
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An uninstaller will only work with a reboot. Can I override this so that I don't have to reboot?
I've inadvertently installed some crap on my computer: "YouatubeAdBlocke" [sic] and "NextCoup".
When I try to uninstall them, I'm presented with possibly the most annoying possible message saying:
...
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Chrome Adaware candy-box.biz
My Chrome, version 36 in win7, keeps randomly spawn tabs with address http://www.candy-box.biz/adv/index.php?url=......
I can't remove this adware/malware, I try:
look for souspicious extentions
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Linkbucks Adware on Goo.gl links
I have created a goo.gl shortlink for my app page, so that I can know how many times the link is clicked from my page. I checked the link when I created it, and it worked fine.
Now when I checked it ...
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Unable to uninstall or remove adware "Browser Shop" from browser
few days ago i opted for auto-installation of some software and i believe this adware was installed along with it.
I uninstalled the software and did removed this adware extension from chrome, also ...
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Origin of "A message from our sponsors" ads?
It looks like BitTorrent, at least on Windows computers, installs some sort of very well-hidden adware which occasionally, when one clicks on a Web link, displays a white screen saying "And now a ...
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scary adware , all links in websites using google analytics goes to ad page
i had no problem until yesterday but today i noticed when i click any links it redirects me to http://www.ultrafiles.net/7cc02b3a/url/MY-LINK-HERE which looks like this:
the picture above i tried to ...
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Is it possible to get someone's code signing certificate revoked?
I recently had to clean up someone's computer because they were tricked into installing a bunch of things without their knowledge. The horrible thing about it was that the installer was signed with a ...
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When trying to uninstall the adware WebPlat, I recieve an error saying, "The specified module could not be found." How do I solve this?
Full error:
RunDLL
There was a problem starting C:\PROGRA~2\WebPlat\WebPlat.dll
The specified module could not be found.
I've had this adware for months and only today figured out what exactly it was ...
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Detect/Alert if an HTTP proxy is running
I mistakenly installed 7Zip a couple of weeks ago and got a pile of garbage i didn't want. It was all easy enough to remove. However, today I discovered that browersafeguard.exe was running, and ...
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A comprehensive list of adware programs [closed]
Is there a comprehensive list of adware programs like Babilon, Delta search, Conduit, Ask.com, etc? I could not manage to find something full-blown.
Thanks.
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How to remove http://www.dalesearch.com from my PC [duplicate]
I am asking our community to get proven experience of how to remove "dalesearch" AdWare from my PC.
I uninstalled it from applications, reset home page from browser, but it appear again as home page ...
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Can't remove adware from PC
People please help me to remove this Qone8 adware. I don't know even what software installed it. No uninstaller, no extesion. Tried to reset all browsers, no way. It starts with browser:
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Why does my browser try to open ads from fwdsnp.com?
When I browse to some retail websites, my browser briefly directs to fwdsnp.com. From there it tries to open a popup and then forwards to the site that I actually want. I first noticed this with dell....
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How to restore Firefox tabs after removing adware?
I installed a software from CNET Downlaods and with it came bunch of adware that was bloating down my system and generally just making my life difficult. It changed my home page in Firefox, added some ...
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without web cake selective software install
OK it's probably not possible to install software [that comes bundled with web cake] without webcake. but, having installed the app with webcake, is it possible to cleanly excise web cake after that ...
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How to uninstall adware?
I downloaded this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/firequery/ after reading this article: http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug/firebug-extension-firequery-jquery-development/?...
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How do I get rid of adware from Search Conduit/White Smoke?
This adware came bundled with some freeware I downloaded. It hijacked my home page and search engine. I have fixed both of those things, but still every time I open Chrome, it opens http://search....
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How do I remove the Conduit toolbar that comes with µTorrent?
I have recently installed µTorrent in my computer and unfortunately the Conduit adware came bundled with it.
Basically, it installs a toolbar on all browsers and replaces the default search and ...
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How to detect unwanted Firefox add-ons?
I have a Firefox add-on that seems to inject ads on the top of the pages when I'm using search engines.
For example, for a search on hard drive on Google.com, I have this banner on top:
You may ...
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How can I remove http://p.chango.com/static/c.js from my site?
I found some code injected somehow on my site. It links to
<script src="http://p.chango.com/static/c.js.
How can I get rid of it?
Is this coming from my browser? Mind you, I see it in different ...
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In Firefox how do you set the page a new tab opens to?
I used to open a new tab and in the URL bar type whatever I wanted to google search. I had some adware toolbar that screwed with some settings and now when I open a new tab there's a search page and ...
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Random Redirects - Spyware/adware?
PROBLEM
I am noticing that half of the websites I go to randomly redirect to bestprizedraw.com (this is not a link for your own safety). However, I have scanned my computer several times and have ...
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Can one blacklist zedo (or other ad servers) in the browser?
I HATE those zedo popunder ads that show up all the time when I go to certain sites. Is there any way to tell my browser to ignore anything from zedo? Preferably without using adblock software, ...
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How to remove google ads virus from IE?
I have picked up adware in that shows extra irrelevant google ads. This only happens in Internet Explorer 10, not Firefox or Iron. I have tried some removals for similar viruses with no luck. I have ...
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Remove/uninstall ads from social networking sites on Chrome
I have recently been noticing some ads that get displayed on my fb timeline or other social networking pages.These ads are not the usual ones that seem to be coming from the site but are attached to ...
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NCH Software buggered my IE new tab creation -- how to fix?
I made the big mistake of installing video capture software from NCH and afterwards noticed that besides installing (and trying to install) all kinds of crap I didn't want, without asking (including, ...
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Google SERP links going to random affiliate shopping sites [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
Very odd issue here. I'm normally quite 'in the know' when it comes to dealing with adware/spyware/malware etc ...
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"Ads not by this site" displayed by ads injected into certain web pages
I'm having ads injected into random pages in Firefox, such as Youtube, Wikipedia and Facebook. I know Wikipedia doesn't serve ads, so this must be some kind of adware. Below the ad appears the text "...
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Are all of these antivirus programs really needed?
My English classroom has a lot of computers, all of which are very slow due to not being maintained and old, outdated software... or even software that is redundant. One of the computers has three ...
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Yahoo pages not loading
When I type in www.yahoo.com on the address bar, it loads some page with random pop ups and spurious links. It was working well all along till yesterday. Other sites like gmail, facebook load and no ...
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Why am I always redirected to ad websites?
I am always getting redirected to some page that shows ads, on several webpages (Microsoft, Linkedin, Yahoo). However, Facebook and Gmail are working fine. I deleted all cookies, but I am facing the ...
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Is there a way to block adware tracking cookies?
I use Firefox. I use SUPERAntispyware.
I run it every few days.
There are always hundreds of adware tracking cookies found, and I delete them. But, of course, while they are active, they track me. ...
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Tracing adware - Mysterious ads being opened in Chrome
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I found the piece of adware - turns out it was made in some automation software and was designed too simply to be detected by Spybot et al.
I'll mark the best answer below, but it didn't help....
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Where is Cyberlink DVD Suite and how can I remove it?
I have a program installed named Cyberlink DVD Suite. When I invoke it a window comes up offering an ability to configure. In there I can return to "Power starter" (my only other clue. It is adware ...
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How do I tell which application has opened a link in my browser?
I am trying to fix a problem with a computer running Windows XP on which, at random points in time, an advertising web page will open up in the default browser.
I should point out that I've already ...
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I have some sort of adware that isn't being detected by anything. What should I do?
This started happening a couple of days ago. It's a small and simple form of adware, but it's incredibly annoying. It linkjacks your results on google. For example, if I search for "jobs", the top ...
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How do I make Internet Explorer stop from popping up every 10 minutes?
I don't even use IE, but it keeps popping up webpages every 10 minutes.
I killed it in task manager, but it reopens itself 10 minutes later. I tried to uninstall IE completely, but it doesn't really ...
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How to clean the virus which opens Nuevaq.fm on IE and blocks many other applications?
I am facing problem with this virus which has blocked the Task Manager, Firefox and many other applications of my computer. Only, Internet Explorer is working. And whenever I open Internet Explorer it ...