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**EDIT*** meant to put this is Ask the Xperts forum, can a mod move this please? thx.


Alright so i'm on Seibs.com right? and suddenly my blocker says "popup blocked" and i'm like: ON SEIBERTRON.COM?!?

I recently discovered two trojan viruses on my comp from which i dont know where they came from and and currently initiating a VirusScan scan i had done a full scan just yesterday, searching all 700k+ files on my computer after i found hte first virus with no results.

Is my popup blocker accidentalyl detecting stuff like the BBTS.com links or does it not work that way? Any suggestions for it? any theories on where it might've come from? etc. and am i just being paranoid to the point where i've done full scans three times in the past week?

Well theres definitely something on your computer if you're detecting popups. And a virus isn't always the cause. Spyware and adware are the normal causes of it.

Zuko wrote:Well theres definitely something on your computer if you're detecting popups. And a virus isn't always the cause. Spyware and adware are the normal causes of it.

any free detectors out there? I've had similiar events happen to me in the past with popups blocked on google nad never found anything out about it. I've been surfing the net for hours after hte incident (well a while) and havent encountered anything yet. the scan is still running, hte firewall is and has always been up, etc.

I doubt its a fluke in hte system but until i can find proof that it is i cant assume that.

Myriagon wrote:

Zuko wrote:Well theres definitely something on your computer if you're detecting popups. And a virus isn't always the cause. Spyware and adware are the normal causes of it.

any free detectors out there? I've had similiar events happen to me in the past with popups blocked on google nad never found anything out about it. I've been surfing the net for hours after hte incident (well a while) and havent encountered anything yet. the scan is still running, hte firewall is and has always been up, etc.

I doubt its a fluke in hte system but until i can find proof that it is i cant assume that.

try lavasoft's adaware. or spybot search and destroy.

Zuko wrote:

Myriagon wrote:

Zuko wrote:Well theres definitely something on your computer if you're detecting popups. And a virus isn't always the cause. Spyware and adware are the normal causes of it.

any free detectors out there? I've had similiar events happen to me in the past with popups blocked on google nad never found anything out about it. I've been surfing the net for hours after hte incident (well a while) and havent encountered anything yet. the scan is still running, hte firewall is and has always been up, etc.

I doubt its a fluke in hte system but until i can find proof that it is i cant assume that.

try lavasoft's adaware. or spybot search and destroy.

stupid question i kno. but what does it mean when it says advertising robots? lol.

btw already found one so thx a ton man, i owe ya, lol.

An advertising robot is a spamming robot...Or spambot.