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Malware driving me crazy

flyer
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I have pop ups appearing as new tabs or on the existing page almost every time I click a link or a new tab. I have run Malwarebytes, Anvi Smart defender and Adwcleaner but nothing is working.

I have windows 7 Ultimate running. Any ideas??
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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  • GunJack
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    in your browsers (all of them installed), manually go into Settings and remove all dodgy search engines and home pages. Do a disk cleanup and delete browsing histories, etc. and see how you go.
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • flyer
    flyer Posts: 2,288 Forumite
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    I can't see how to do a disc clean up?
    Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
  • flyer
    flyer Posts: 2,288 Forumite
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    Found how to now
    Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
  • GunJack
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    good...once done, reboot the machine, and try it :)
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • flyer
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    Done all that and still got the problem!
    Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
  • OneADay
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    Use this http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ to find / remove viruses/spyware

    Then after its run - use Malwarebytes Free Edition from here

    https://www.malwarebytes.org/

    and do a scan with that.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 21 May 2014 at 1:55PM
    which browser, which antivirus is installed. Avast if you're still using it has browser cleanup and junk removal functionality

    If you have more than one browser, try the other one

    Uninstall whatever unwanted extra's you've added recently in control panel, and or do a system restore to before it started.

    disable all your browser addons, in all browsers, post a hijackthis log

    You had delta search installed previously, these things come bundled with software, so pay attention to what is being installed
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • flyer
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    Housecall is scanning at the moment, looks like it could take some time. I'm using Chrome with Avast. I have tried IE and there is no problem with that, so looks like it's an issue with Chrome. I haven't got any extras to uninstall. I can run hijackthis, but I don't know how to post a log?
    Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    remove your chrome extensions or uninstall it
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,884 Forumite
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    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
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