What are pop-ups in my computer?

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What are the weird pop-ups on my computer?

Well, I've heard of spyware, and key-loggers. But I'm not sure what this is. It may be neither, or it might be both. Sometimes while I'm working on my computer a little black box will pop up and then disappear almost instantly. It's been happening for a while, and I'm not sure what it is. I think it may be harmful, but I have no idea what it is. I could never read what it said because it usually disappeared too quickly. Today it happened again, and I actually got to read the words. It turns out...

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Sounds like a DOS screen pops up . You got a program that is doing something to the Base Operating System...

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My computer is infected with spyware, adware popups&Trojan what can i do,What is the best anti virus software?

I need to clean my computer of spyware, adware and trojan. Which software would you recommend to clear all and protect my computer for future use?

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Norton Anti Virus and PC Cillin are the best virus software.

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Popups bloked some links in my computer help 0please what to do!!!!!!!!?

hallow members , when i was trying to open some links in my internet there was message states popus plocked your internet now what are popus and how to clere the ther are 17 popups bloked the internet. up to this time, help please are the popup virus...

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do not worry, if pop ups were not blocked you would have seen 10 ie opening up with some addvertisement...

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Recently a rash of popups started occuring on my computer. What can I do to stop these interruptions?

As I work on or off the internet, multiple popups make it difficult to finish any task with ease. Is there anything that I can do or punch without having to subscribe to those costly programs?

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i think you might have a virus. yes, those can be a pain, trust me i learned it the hard way. download...

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POPUPS AND SOUNDS COMING FROM MY COMPUTER?

I haven't had those random popups on my computer since FOREVER i didn't even know that could still happen....I'm talking about when I have no websites open and everything is closed, I will get those stupid popups and now random ads are just playing constantly...

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try using a virus scanner to scan for viruses like avg avast or Aviva (i don't know how to spell that...

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Popups about my computer crashing? Weird shortcuts on my desktop, and slow speed. Is it a virus?

Theres popups everytime I click anywhere on my desktop, and there all about antivirus sites? When I try to open any program, it just says not responding, or takes forever to load (forever meaning 10+minutes). What could it be? Theres all kinds of antivirus...

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Your computer is infected. Download antivirus try avg free and scan your pc. Then remove anything it...

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Computer virus (type unknown, bulk popups)?

My friend destroyed his computer (from porn) I won’t lie, it’s his shame not mine. But I’m bringing it over today to try and fittle with it and see if i can restore it for him. *I know, bring it to a professional or you'll mess it up...

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If you do it in one step then just format the computer and put some good antivirus to protect it. Or...

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Popups !! Need help getting them off my computer?

How do I get the popups from constantly popping up? I let my children us my computer and they have all kind of popups that keep getting in the way..Also, I cant get my main internet page to stay ?

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do you use any security tools? run both antivirus and antispyware. that's rather a job for anti spyware...

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My computer keeps having these popups come up on the desktop with the extension ".exe" sayin bad image? IDK!?

What should I do? Should I download some type of software because I heard that anti-spyware messes it up more. It says something like globalroot/systemroot/system32 or soemthing like that. These popups are SOOO irritating. I need something free that...

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Well, since .exe is the extension usually used in applications, I'd say that one of your apps has been...

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Why do some computer popups are just a lie?

every time i do popups some r true but others u have do alot crap n i think its just to waste ur time on stupid popups

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Most of them are advertisements. Turn on your popup blocker. If it's not in your toolbar, click on the...

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