popups

[Jewboy]

Has anyone had a problem with popups that appear on your machine even though a browser is closed? Only things i can think of is that there is some kind of script requesting these popups or a webite knows my IP address. I installed Ad Killer which only lets one through once in a while but this has never happened before and i want to erradicate this problem. Any answers?

[were]

on my win98se,i used spy sweeper..only prog i know wihout a damn code needed to clean my computer

To get rid of most ads manually,u can shut java off your browser or clean ur cookies/temp files few times a week

[Silverhaze]

Adaware is a good one that I use. Finds loads of shit every time I run it.

[Cypher_Blade]

I guess it's SpyBot time, then.

[adidas]

I've got Ad-aware Pro, Hijack This, Pest Patrol & Spybot Search and Destroy if anyone needs them.. I like Pest Patrol because it'll run in the system tray and delete the tracking cookies as they come in, and it also monitors system memory for known spyware.

Sometimes anti-virus software catches the really annoying spyware too. I have Norton, Kaspersky, Avast, McAffee & Panda anti-virus... the only one that found any spyware that I can recall was Kaspersky

[KoHC]

If you're up for good reading, here's step-by-step to clean out every spywares in your computer: http://www.short-media.com/article.php?131.0