Random pop-ups

[skids]

My computer been acting very strange I aint sure what I have done but seems like some sort of virus. What happens is when ever I go on some site not ever one so far things like facebook, bebo and yahoo all seem to get the popup some I am very disturbed by what the pop-up is of. Any ideas what to do or check?

[Scotty]

I would run a scan on your computer with malwarebytes which you can get free from here http://www.malwarebytes.org/ make sure its updated before running the scan. I am also a big fan of this tool combofix which can be found here and how to use it http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix try these and get back to us if the popup issue is fixed or still happens

[skids]

Thanks will give this a try and get back if have any isues I hope this works.

[skids]

Thanks this seems to have fixed the isue it did delete loads of files great tool thanks for your help with the issue.

[Tinkerbell]

Malwarebytes is brilliant! It's killed stuff for me that most of the 'biggies' didn't touch! :dft010:

[Scotty]

Glad this work I forgot to say in my post its best to run these programs in safe mode Malwarebytes is a great tool to use I like to run this every week just to make sure nothing is is on my computer that should not

[skids]

These are great it turns out that avg run out and looking for a free or good paid antivirus I have read some good one like non 32 http://www.betterantivirus.com/ its also cheap but only just heard of it. I also heard of norton but told its harsh on memory. So open to ideas?

[Tinkerbell]

I don't like paying out but have heard that Nod32 has a good name. I use Avira which is free and also gets good reviews and, like Scotty, I use Malwarebytes to scan regularly as well. I also have that set up to do a quick scan of any downloads so i know they're safe and it doesn't give loads of false positives which is a bonus :dft010:

[Scotty]

Nod32 have heard it is great very light and very good at the virus scan and is cheap. There is loads of free ones I use McAfee on my computer and your right to stay away from Norton its memory happy