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Ads

Jan 27, 2015 4:48AM PST

I have changed to Chrome for a browser, thought I had all the app's I needed, but, every where I go, I keep getting pop-up ads, (on the side of screen, the top, in the body of the original page) win 7. Any suggestions? Thanks, bill

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Have you run any scans?
Jan 27, 2015 5:02AM PST

Dafydd.

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Ads
Jan 27, 2015 8:10AM PST

I ran Housecall , no problems found and i'm using Ad block.

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Grif has good advice at link.
Jan 27, 2015 8:14AM PST
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I use Firefox with Adblock Plus
Jan 27, 2015 5:16AM PST

It's available with Chrome too.

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adblock plus
Jan 27, 2015 6:46AM PST

install adblock plus. It should help with most of your popups. However, if you keep getting them, you may have malware on your computer.

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Where did you get Chrome? Why do I ask?
Jan 27, 2015 8:15AM PST
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Tips on removing pop-up ads
Sep 2, 2015 2:37AM PDT

To get rid of those pop-up ads, you need to
1. stop its associated process in Task Manager
2. uninstall suspicious programs in Control Panel
3. clean your browser, such as unwanted extensions, cookies, browsing history, etc.
4. restart your PC to make changes

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Post was last edited on September 2, 2015 2:46 AM PDT