POP UPS WHEN CLICKING ON LINKS?

derrick

Any idea why when clicking on a link, I am now getting a pop up that won`t let me go to the link unless I press Ctrl whilst left clicking?
This has only started during the last couple of days

Thanks

scheming_gypsy

you usually have to press ctrl and left click if you have a pop-up blocker and don't want it to block the new window / pop-up opening

rushnowt

I've recently been getting pop ups from links that keep telling me my pc is infected and wont go away when i try to click it off, its driving me mad and i have to keep logging off and restarting pc ???

loafer_2

I've recently been getting pop ups from links that keep telling me my pc is infected and wont go away when i try to click it off, its driving me mad and i have to keep logging off and restarting pc ???

Sounds like spyware to me. (techy Browser helper objects (BHO's) that popup pages that make you think they cane from the site you visited)

Check you PC with :
Ad-Aware SE and SpyBot Manually Update both before you scan.

(XP sp2 users watch for the alert bar, because microsoft knows best ?!?!?)

rushnowt

thanks for info loafer,

i have adaware and spyware doctor and run these regularly, i also have zone alarm running (don't know if that makes any difference)
it does pick things up and removes them when i run them. but not really sure why it seems to just go mad all of a sudden just when i click on certain links. it flashes up about 3 or 4 pages that just wont go away when you click on the x to close, they just keep flashing up over and over again , very bizarre ??? ???

derrick

you usually have to press ctrl and left click if you have a pop-up blocker and don't want it to block the new window / pop-up opening

I never had to do this until 2/3 days ago

loafer_2

Try this

It will display all BHO's and let you disable them

http://www.siena.edu/antivirus/spyware/bhodemon.asp

rushnowt

Thanks for that loafer. your a star seems to be working fine now ;D :-*

derrick

Thanks for all the info but it seems to have stopped of it`s own accord as quickly as it started