IE keeps popping up while on Firefox?

~daisy~_2

i had the same problem so have done this too - it found 1 problem - re booted as instructed and now the pops are appearing ontop of firefox which is even worse !!!!! grrrr.....

aliEnRIK

~daisy~ wrote: »

i had the same problem so have done this too - it found 1 problem - re booted as instructed and now the pops are appearing ontop of firefox which is even worse !!!!! grrrr.....

Youve run the scan that Browntoa posted?
If not then do that first
What anti virus and firewall have you? Whats the operating system?

~daisy~_2

yup i did the mal thingy
avg and zone alarm on windows xp

espresso

~daisy~ wrote: »

yup i did the mal thingy
avg and zone alarm on windows xp

Try downloading Spybot Search & Destroy here and read the tutorial here.

aliEnRIK

~daisy~ wrote: »

yup i did the mal thingy
avg and zone alarm on windows xp

Avg 8? (A lot of people are still on 7.5 which is the older one)
If so then make sure its updated and do a FULL scan
Then may as well try adaware too ~
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlPid=10844457
Its free ~ when it asks for a key (Or something) just continue without filling anything in
UPDATE
and FULL SCAN

If your still having problems after all that lot id guess your in serious trouble!
IF you are ~ rerun the WHOLE lot again and make sure you run NOTHING else (The more programs you open the more chance of infections spreading)

~daisy~_2

im updating and running avg every couple of days - found things initially but bot recently

all the pop ups are from CiD adverts

i only changed to avg a few months ago from avast and never had any problems before - beginning to wish i hadnt touched anything

aliEnRIK

~daisy~ wrote: »

im updating and running avg every couple of days - found things initially but bot recently

all the pop ups are from CiD adverts

i only changed to avg a few months ago from avast and never had any problems before - beginning to wish i hadnt touched anything

Just to clarify then ~ youve run SPYBOT yes? (Immunised with it too?)
You cant blame avg as I assure you its safe as houses. Zonealarm on the other hand ive never been a big fan of (Though its easy to use so I understand why you would use it)
And its def avg 8?? (7.5 doesnt have 'spyware' scanners)

If so its looking like you have a nasty that no software has yet recognised! This invariably happens to the unlucky few and you perhaps may just need to wait until they CAN find it. Just keep updating and running AVG 8, SPYBOT (Remember to IMMUNISE) and ADAWARE every few days.

Heres one other you can try too (You never know, we may get lucky )
Asquared free (anti virus SCANNER)
http://download6.emsisoft.com/a2FreeSetup.exe

Hope this gets sorted soon

espresso

Try following the instructions here.

Using Spybot S & D should give your machine protection from malware like this.

aliEnRIK

espresso wrote: »

Try following the instructions here.

Using Spybot S & D should give your machine protection from malware like this.

Jesus, that does sound a difficult nasty to remove!

~daisy~_2

im stuck already
nothing named CiD in add/remove programs
searched in application data and cant find anything with exe at the end

have just tried to do the rest but im just completley lost - way over my head
thanks anyway guys

p.s yup just did spybot and it found stuff but not this little blighter as they are still popping up