I have checked and re-checked all my internet and firewall and pop up blocker settings but, all of a sudden, I am getting a slew of those blasted pop ups that are opening in separate windows. I have run the anti spy ware and cleared cookies…and am at a loss at why and what else I can do. Any smart computer folks out there that can shed light on this and how to get rid of it ? I have also run virus scans.

Answer:
Two of the best free spyware/malware scanners are Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and SUPERAntiSpyware. These will not have real time protection that commercial ones do. But you would use them to scan. You should use at least 2 free highly rated ones that do not have the real time protection. If you have a commercial anti-spyware program you can still use a couple free ones without real time protection to supplement. You can find free anti-spyware programs on the same link as above but look under “Best Free Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover.” Malwarebytes’ is esecially good at detecting and removing Trojans and rogue security programs. Here is an excellent article to learn how to be safe on the internet, http://surfthenetsafely.com/index.html . It covers everything from viruses, spyware, and firewalls in great detail. The links in it that do not work right are pointing to the link I gave above from techsupportalert.com ( or gizmo’s freeware). So just use the one above. This is also a good article to read from techsupportalert.com: http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/spyware-removal-guide.htm . One last important note. Often free security programs have to be manually updated while the commercial ones have automatic updates. It is vital that you keep your security programs up to date with the latest malware definitions or they will be useless. And by all means be sure to turn off System Restore as has already been suggested. This step is often overlooked and the malware can be put right back on when you reboot or saved in a restore point.

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