Annoying pop up ads

[Joe Bob]

Shows up in my browser and over lays the website I am viewing. Cant find a solution.

Any educated directions to take? Windows 7 O/S.

[Joe Bob]

In that case, yes. But also overlays the browser.

I was looking for an obvious download that may have been the culprit. If I found it I could delete it. Didn't see any obvious files.

BTW, the messages do NOT show up in my email folders.

[sc_rufctr]

Malwarebytes works well and it's free to use. They want you to pay for the full version but you can download it and run it for free. (Just read the instructions as you install it and turn off "start up when Windows starts" so it doesn't sit in your notifications area) It will quarantine any nasty add-ware and general junk on your laptop. I'd bet you'll be pleasantly surprised at how well you laptop works after it's been cleaned.

https://www.malwarebytes.com

[dad911]

I use chrome as a browser, and installed adblock. Also disable pop-ups in chrome.

[widebody911]

Yes, you're getting notification spam - those are coming from the OS and not the browser. Are you running Windows 10? They're native to Win10, but malware can install them in prior versions too

[RKDinOKC]

A pox on popup advertisers.

[stomachmonkey]

Well both of them are newjobstarter(dot)com.

Are all of them?

If yes then you signed up for or somehow got signed up for their service and accepted desktop notifications as part of your terms of service agreement.

You can probably disable in your online account profile / preferences.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

Can you do that with win 7/ pre edge?

Not sure.

But they could have dropped their own applet.

[JackDidley]

Do a system restore to a date before this started.

[Joe Bob]

Yeah, prolly will do a restore. Ran Malware and no joy. It's always for minimum wage drone jobs....

[Baz]

Just click the little "x" in the upper right corner.....done!

[Joe Bob]

20 times a day? Thanks Baz, great advice.....

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

20 times a day? Thanks Baz, great advice.....

Are they all from newjobstarter(dot)com?

Did you sign up for any service with them?

[Joe Bob]

Rest didn't work....but....right clicking on the ad brings up a pull down with a "disable" option for the sending website.

Maybe it WAS that simple.

[Bill Douglas]

I use Chrome and in certain websites I have disabled javascript.

Instead of me explaining it watch this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooyw0EzZIfk

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I use Chrome and in certain websites I have disabled javascript.

Instead of me explaining it watch this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooyw0EzZIfk

I use FireFox and JavaScript is disabled on every site unless I explicitly enable it.

[John Rogers]

Well here is what I'd do. Immediately on startup after Windows opens, right-click on the task bar and select Task Manager. If it asks for permission to make mods, say yes.. Next select "processes" and what that until the little bastards popup. There should be a new process just started. Right click on it and then see where it is loading from. Last of all shut down, restart in Safe Mode and delete that sub directory. Good luck

[john70t]

I use Win7 w/ GWX control panel to block forced Win10 'up'grades, NoScript on everything unless absolutely required, Spybot, Microsoft Security Essentials although Malwarebytes is good or better i think.

Intel Management Engine Interface sounds a bit odd and a security risk. Not sure about the fix on that.

My CPU seems a bit too energetic (25-85%) at rest with the minimum programs running.
Battery only lasts a couple hours instead of five or six.
Scanning in safe mode shows nothing.

[John Rogers]

Most any Windows based PC weather desktop or laptop should only use 5% power or even less unless you are working or someone has hijacked your computer! Use the steps I mentioned to look at Task Manager to see what is running. You can do a Google search or post the items on here.