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ZEDO Pop Ups Help needed
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cistolic
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Today I am getting loads of Zedo pop ups, can someone please help. Put limewire on last night must have got it from there, have removed Limewire now.
Norton has picked up nothing Am doing AVG spyware scan will this find it??
Have now used spyware Doctor and Spybot to fix but still have a problem.
Norton has picked up nothing Am doing AVG spyware scan will this find it??
Have now used spyware Doctor and Spybot to fix but still have a problem.
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Also now need help because when I click on links the link opens in about a 2" square window like a pop up.0
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read:
http://www.pchell.com/support/poweredbyzedo.shtml
if u dont understand anything let me know
have fun!The orginal post in this thread has a very very slim chance of being about money saving. The post is more than likely to ask a question that google could answer better than any of us.0 -
D900 - Im really afraid of doing this, might have to wait until I find someone to do it for me. Ive never even seen safe mode which is the first bit. Thanks for help and information.0
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safe mode is needed to get rid of some of the more tricky spyware/viruses/trojans.
have a quick read of:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question575.htm
to enter same mode press f8 a lot while your computer is booting up (before it gets to the windows logo) and you will be offered a menu of options choose safe mode (with networking is the one i would pick)The orginal post in this thread has a very very slim chance of being about money saving. The post is more than likely to ask a question that google could answer better than any of us.0 -
this will do the safe mode bit if needed for you
Malware Bytes
Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop.
alternate download link 1
alternate download link 2- Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
- Double-click on Download_mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
- When the installation begins, follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
- When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked:
- Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- Then click Finish.
- MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan. If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself. Press the OK button to close that box and continue.
- If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download them from here and just double-click on mbam-rules.exe to install.
- On the Scanner tab:
- Make sure the "Perform Quick Acan" option is selected.
- Then click on the Scan button.
- The next screen will ask you to select the drives to scan. Leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button.
- The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient.
- When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
- Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process.
- Back at the main Scanner screen, click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found.
- Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
- When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to restart your computer. (see Note below)
- The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
- Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply and exit MBAM.
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