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by pmfturner

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When I log onto the web, afetr a few minutes, I get unsolicited adevrtidsing screens opening up, including Yell, Traffic MarketPlace, and various others. Sometimes there is obviously a window there, but it cannot be accessed and only deleted by accessing the background programmes running via Ctr-All-Del. Directories created in my History file are "xads.offeroptimizer(xads.offeroptimizer.com)" and "xlime.offeroptimizer(xlime.offeroptimiser.com)". There doesn't appear to be anything in startup initialising these sites.

How can I stop them opening up ?

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by jschein

You have Spamware/spyware on your pc...

Goto www.lavasoftusa.com

Download Adaware - Free

Install it, Update it, Run it... Put green checkmarks in all the boxes, custom folders, select all hard drives, next next... It will scan your system. Hit next when done, it will give you a list of junk that shouldn't be there, right click on that list and select "Select all objects", next/finish. Reboot. They will be gone

by infoguy

You, my friend, are the victim of "adware". The best adware/spyware tool I have found is Spybot Search & Destroy. Go to http://www.safer-networking.org/ (remove any spaces in the URL) and download "Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.2". Once you have downloaded and installed it, you will want to do the "search for updates" option. Change the download location to FXClips (USA), then download the updates. Finally, click the "Check for problems" option to scan your system. When it's done checking, you'll almost certainly have some items listed; you can click on the item to pop up a description of the problem. When you are ready, choose "Fix selected problems" and you'll be good to go. I always go with the default settings and I've never had a problem.

by mcs-1

BHOs and Spyware ... while you're grabbing the rest of the stuff above, may as well look for BHODemon as well .... chances are you have more than your share on your PC.

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