Pop Ups giving Internet Explorer a virus

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 12/19/03


Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:43:19 -0800


>-----Original Message-----
>I recently downloaded Smiley Central. Ever since there
>are several pop up ads that won't go away. They prevent
>me from using Internet Explorer now. I can't even get
it
>to come up. One of the pop ups was selling a product to
>get rid of pop up ads, and they even made my Disk door
>open up on my computer. It said it was selling
something
>to prevent spyware. Now when I try to open Internet
>Explorer, the ad is all I see. It also makes my
computer
>freeze. What should I do? I can't open up Explorer
>without seeing that ad and without my computer
freezing.
>This is bullying people to buy their product and I
really
>resent it.
>.
>
 If you cant download ad-aware or spybot (spyware removal
tools)because of this then try a system restore to a date
prior to this download.Good luck



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