ad problem?

[SonicToTheLimit]

Im too lazy to make a profile on another forum so...


Im getting ads all over google chrome?


I have like 10 adblockers and it still does nothing


I even see one that pops up on rpg maker also so it must be some outside program


anyone help?

 

[Keniisu]

Could be adware installed by a program. What have you installed recently, and what site is it from? 

 

[SonicToTheLimit]

Could be adware installed by a program. What have you installed recently, and what site is it from? 

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a torrent I cant remember the name of

assuming thats it. 

Ive gotten rid of pretty much all of the programs i can find that the torrent slapped in my face

 

[Keniisu]

I would say it could be the FNAF 3 game or one of those torrents you downloaded.... Could be either one.

Anyways, I wouldn't download many torrents as they can be riddled with malware and adware. I would only go to ones that are TRUSTED.

Those are just my two cents...

You could reset your computer to fix the issue...

 

[SonicToTheLimit]

no other way? I have many stuffs on my computer

 

[??????]

I use firefox and live almost ad free ~ tis only youtube that gives me ads now ^_^

 

[EternalShadow]

Your post actually links to ads. I'm detecting adware.


Run a virus scan.

 

[SonicToTheLimit]

I got this program (adwremover or something like that) and it just got rid of some wierd files with random names and I havent had an ad since

so we are done here

 

[EternalShadow]

Your first post is also clear now


EDIT: Shaz removed them lol

 

[Sharm]

Hopefully it's just something that can be cleaned up with a good virus scan, but sometimes those things can really mess you up.  Even if your virus scanner cleans it up it'd still be a good idea to get things set up so that if you do need to format your computer it's not as big of a hassle.  Back up files, make sure you've got keys to all your programs, backup your bookmarks, ect.  Make sure to not back up things that might be hiding the virus like exe and dll files.  Be sure that you're using a good virus scanning program, many of the ones you can find online are actually scams or malware.  Check the reviews for it before you get it.  I personally really like Spybot - Search and Destroy.

 

[Celianna]

Get and run Malwarebytes, it should get rid of the adware that's installed. If it doesn't catch it, try Spybot Search & Destroy like Sharm suggested.

 

[_Shadow_]

Malwarebytes Anti Malware free will actually catch it if it is maware.

BUT!

Also check on the top right of chrome, near the URL bar (the place where you type www.something.com) if there is any UNKNOWN or strange icons.

There is also the menu button there (the one with the three lines.

Click it. Select settings. A new Tab opens.

Check your extentions (the add ons). If something adds a malicious or an adware extension there, anti virus might not find it. This goes under the radar and even the well known javascript virus on Facebook did such things. Good luck and click carefully.  

 

[Shaz]

I'm using SpyHunter these days - it picked up a lot of stuff that MalwareBytes (which is what I used to use) was missing. And some of them keep reinstalling themselves and it keeps picking them up. I paid for mine, but can't remember now if that's because there was no free option, or because I was so impressed at everything it was picking up I decided it was worth the money (not a lot - $40 or something)

 

[_Shadow_]

I'm using SpyHunter these days - it picked up a lot of stuff that MalwareBytes (which is what I used to use) was missing. And some of them keep reinstalling themselves and it keeps picking them up. I paid for mine, but can't remember now if that's because there was no free option, or because I was so impressed at everything it was picking up I decided it was worth the money (not a lot - $40 or something)

No matter what, it's good to know there is an anti virus option that catches more.

 

[SonicToTheLimit]

Now I can remove the 14 useless adblockers and keep one so google isn't a slug