hyperdulia again Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Everywhere I click I get porn I've never viewed porn on this comp. It's icky. What do I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morostheos Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sounds like you probably have a virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I say, um find someone to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S][N Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Easy fixed *Uninstall the internet*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel's angel Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 WE had that problem once. Every time we went to a new website, random porn sites would fill the screen and wouldn't go away. In the end, we had to have everything stripped (excuse the pun) and started from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starets Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I'm thinking you have 1 or more spyware programs on your computer that are bringing this garbage in. There are several good antispyware programs on the market. the one I use is called [url="http://www.invisusdirect.com/"]Invisus[/url]. It found a keylogging program and another psyware program that had been completely missed by the two other antispyware programs I had on my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S][N Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Spybot and Ad-Aware are free and the best to use imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scardella Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I'll ditto the general consensus. As a note, it might be a good idea to download an antispyware program (eg ad-aware [url="http://www.lavasoft.de"]http://www.lavasoft.de[/url] ), update it, then reboot into safe mode (press F8 when the computer is starting up until it gives you a text menu) and do a full (as opposed to smart) scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Thank God for Avast! problem now mostly cured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 [quote name='Noel's angel' post='1407928' date='Oct 23 2007, 03:34 PM']WE had that problem once. Every time we went to a new website, random porn sites would fill the screen and wouldn't go away. In the end, we had to have everything stripped (excuse the pun) and started from scratch.[/quote] Yeah, same thing happened to us. And there would be random pictures downloaded in random folders on our computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) Be careful what you bring into your computer...I have cleaned a LOT of computers belonging to people at church that had this carp on them. In every instance, the trojan horses that triggered it all were legit programs/applets the users installed and used themselves: 1. shopping programs - give you points for shopping online and/or doing surveys 2. coupon programs - pop up ads and coupons....and pron 3. limewire/bearshare - more than half the stuff out there for 'free' download is infected 4. internet explorer - heh...just kidding 5. weather forecast programs Sometimes that's the way the cookie bounces... Edited October 23, 2007 by Groo the Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farsight one Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Switching to firefox if you're not already using it will help keep them from popping up. Also, be sure to check your "homepage" and your "favorites" because they can be changed without asking and it often happens with porn popups. If it's changed and you click the home icon or on a bad "favorite", then you're pretty much back to square one. And the pictures can download themselves to your computer too. I spent eight hours cleaning off a friend's computer once. That was the worst I've ever seen a computer without it being unfixable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 it's back. i primarily use firefox...today i needed a bookmark in explorer... and i've just noticed this seems to only be effecting explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 [quote name='hyperdulia again' post='1407987' date='Oct 23 2007, 06:13 PM']it's back. i primarily use firefox...today i needed a bookmark in explorer... and i've just noticed this seems to only be effecting explorer.[/quote] go to trend micro and do a free scan, you will be surprised at all the carp you find. download and use spybot, cookiewall, and use ad-aware daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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