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April 30th, 2004, 03:05 PM
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Ever since I downloaded trustyFiles (like Kazaa) onto my computer I have been getting random pop-ups on my computer. I have the google ad-blocker so I should not be getting pop-ups like this. RAndom programs such as purity scan also installed onto my computer without my consent. So i tried running Ad-aware and tried uninstalling all of the random programs but im still getting pop-ups....I even uninistalled trustyfiles and im still getting pop-ups. Its driving me crazy because I can tell that my computer has also lagged a bit ever since. Can you please help? Anybody.....I dont know what to do. Thank you. | 
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April 30th, 2004, 03:15 PM
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make sure you run Spybot and Adaware...
before you scan, make sure you update the reference files of both. | |
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April 30th, 2004, 03:16 PM
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try spybot s&d and make sure spybot & adaware are both completley updated
if that dosent work you need to ask yourself is it really worth wasting all this time on this stuff or would it just be easier to back up the files you need and format it
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April 30th, 2004, 03:17 PM
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Link to Spybot here.
Live by Kazaa - die by Kazaa.
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April 30th, 2004, 03:28 PM
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You should try Kazaalite. No popups
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April 30th, 2004, 03:48 PM
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April 30th, 2004, 05:44 PM
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April 30th, 2004, 05:52 PM
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thx but lm using shareaza i think its better..... | |
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April 30th, 2004, 06:00 PM
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April 30th, 2004, 06:21 PM
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definitely first run spybot search&destroy
also, look through your add/remove programs and program files folder, some spyware programs arent that bad and let you uninstall them, while some you can just delete their folder.
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