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"Disease" has creep into my computer...anyone good with computers
A few months back, after visiting Bing.com, an icon has incessantly popped up on the left side of screen a few days later offering: RELATED SEARCHES
Now regardless of which search engine I use between Firefox, or Internet Explorer, from the left...right...and bottom of screen, endless sales pop-ups which block the screen ad nasueum from horoscopes to little roaches crawling around. I've went to the add-ons/manage add-ons and neutralized or disabled everything I could think of to stop this, and to the pop-up blockers...run virus scans...can't seem to stop/block or delete this endless shyte. I also don't open strange e-mails or spam as well. I'm an electrical engineer, not a programer or IT guy. I've never been into computers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. 
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04-22-2014, 01:04 PM
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time to celebrate the every 2 or 3 year holiday ... new copy of windows day.
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04-22-2014, 01:20 PM
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see if you have a restore point prior to the time you noticed the pop ups, may work ymmv
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04-22-2014, 01:48 PM
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Go into the uninstall program.....look for added software and delete. Delete Bing as well, it sucks....click on date installed. That narrows down the adware you have sucked up the vacuum pipe.
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04-22-2014, 03:12 PM
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I just got a new laptop (with windows 7, if you please) and the same thing happened to me shortly after my initial start up. I went to download Firefox and wasn't paying close attention. My download was not from Mozilla's site and I immediately started to get lots of ads, much like the OP. Went to the uninstall feature, scanned for the recent downloads/installs, and found an adware program of some type. Uninstalled it, and haven't had a problem since.
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04-22-2014, 03:53 PM
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I KILLED that bee-atche!! Mo' bet-ah! Thanks!
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04-22-2014, 04:30 PM
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Glad I could help.....ditsy exwife, three daughters and a Momz, you learn crap.....
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04-22-2014, 04:33 PM
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Da cab
