# pop-up virus or something
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [September 27, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785 "2005-09-27T18:54:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/1 "2005-09-27T18:54:21Z")
i came home tonight to find literally about 90 pop-up windows open. ran ad-aware and norton anti-virus and came up with nothing. how do i get rid of it?
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### Author:  [@STEALTTH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/STEALTTH)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/2 "2005-09-27T19:08:56Z")
i’ve got the same shit…it sucks. I have about 4 anti spyare/ anti virus stuff running now, but whatever it is, its not detectable…when i get it, i’ll let you know
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/3 "2005-09-27T19:16:47Z")
i got the same damn thing, i tried everything and got sick of it and reformatted…
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### Author:  [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/4 "2005-09-27T19:34:25Z")
re-format it.
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/5 "2005-09-28T07:12:32Z")
Don’t re-format
I’ve gotten a computer ridden with more spyware than you can ever come accross in years to work perfectly, and have virtually no spyware on it anymore.
You’ve inspired me to make a thread.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/6 "2005-09-28T07:32:53Z")
START IN SAFEMODE AND SCAN. Also use ad-aware AND spybot
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### Author:  [@Lucky\_Cheater](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lucky_Cheater)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/7 "2005-09-28T07:53:01Z")
yea, its probably something new…keep checking for updated definitions for whatever anti spyware/virus software your running…it probably wont be long before its figured out.
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### Author:  [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/8 "2005-09-28T08:32:08Z")
microsoft anti-spyware seemed to get rid of it.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/9 "2005-09-28T08:54:05Z")
my sis got it on her lasp top and it fried it. its now a paperweight. boss man got it on his comp nback in like feb. took him like 2 weeks to get rid of it and hes a cio lol…its like the bubonic plegue of the computer.
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/10 "2005-09-28T09:16:55Z")
> [@JEG](#):
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> my sis got it on her lasp top and it fried it. its now a paperweight. boss man got it on his comp nback in like feb. took him like 2 weeks to get rid of it and hes a cio lol…its like the bubonic plegue of the computer.
What… the… fuck… did you just say…?
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/11 "2005-09-28T09:47:43Z")
jesus christ JEG, speak fucking english will ya.
anyways, check for elite toolbar and get the cleaner for it, nasty worm, and it doesnt come out using regular spyware methods.
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### Author:  [@JamalGQ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JamalGQ)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/12 "2005-09-28T10:21:58Z")
You can get a lot of this crap on a pc but there ways to get rid of all or most of it.
got start, run, and type msconfig, enter, in the system config menu , select the 2nd last tab , services , select the box that says hide all microsoft services , now that list got alot smaller and you can select disable all , you don’t need any of it to start when windows starts , then go to the startup tab, and make sure none of the boxes are checked . hit ok but dont restart your computer yet.
Now open up internet explorer, go to tools , options , select the advanced tab , in the browsing category search for enable 3rd party browser extensions, if theres a check in the box remove it , hit ok and close ie.
do you have service pack2 , if so is your firewall on? , check it out under the control panel , that should be on.
reboot and see if the problem occurs // do this after you run the anti spyware or before, i cant think which one would be better to do first but let me know how this works for ya
peace
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/13 "2005-09-28T10:24:48Z")
also, dump IE and go with firefox, alot of the spyware doesnt even get into firefox, IE sucks balls anyways.
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/14 "2005-09-28T10:25:32Z")
> [@JEG](#):
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> my sis got it on her lasp top and it fried it. its now a paperweight. boss man got it on his comp nback in like feb. took him like 2 weeks to get rid of it and hes a cio lol…its like the bubonic plegue of the computer.
:bloated:
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### Author:  [@JamalGQ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JamalGQ)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2005, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pop-up-virus-or-something/2785/15 "2005-09-28T10:30:30Z")
> [@BuickGN](#):
>
> also, dump IE and go with firefox, alot of the spyware doesnt even get into firefox, IE sucks balls anyways.
very true