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Can Anyone Identify This Thing And Tell Me How To Stop It?

by Kris Turner
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A few weeks ago I started getting annoying popups appearing in the bottom right corner of my browser (only in Firefox). It happens when I do a Google search, or an IMDB search, or an Amazon search, etc. It'll popup something for sale that's linked to my search.

How do I stop these thing???

I've attached a picture of one of them.
  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Download crap cleaner and run it. It's free. If that doesn't take care of it, let us know.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kris Turner
    Thanks for the help, Sal.

    But I just ran that software and the damned thing is still there. I've tried so many things to get rid of it - it's driving me crazy!
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  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    Have you tried to uninstall, and reinstall firefox?
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
    firefox has an add-on popup blocker that will probably fix that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kris Turner
    Do you know what the popup plugin is called? I can only see ones that are for really old version of Fiefox...
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
    I can't see from here, im at work, i can check for you when i get home.
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  • Profile picture of the author secondeye
    I think this is a spyware, which antivirus do you use?
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    • Profile picture of the author ClientTell
      This is definitely spyware. You should be able to fix this with a good anti-virus. I suggest you do it quickly before someone gets your information from the computer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kris Turner
    I use McAfee. Wouldn't that pick it up?
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    McAfee doesn't do much Alex - If it's just maleware, Malwarebytes is a free program and that will stop it. IF it's virus, such as one of the recent injection viruses, you need Avast - free for home use and strong enough you don't need the paid version.
    Then boot you McAfee to the curb.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aronya
    If it's only happening in Firefox, I'm betting it's some kind of add-on/plug-in. If so, it probably won't get recognized as malware. Go to Tools/Add-ons and poke around. See if you find something.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kris Turner
    Aronya, you did it!!! I've never thought of looking at the add ons. There was one in there called "Price Gong" and when I removed it the problem went away instantly! Thank you, really. This was driving me so insane that at a couple of points I think I almost considered getting a new computer :p

    Now I can browse in peace again! Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions. We got there in the end!
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    • Profile picture of the author Aronya
      Originally Posted by Alex Taylor View Post

      Aronya, you did it!!! I've never thought of looking at the add ons. There was one in there called "Price Gong" and when I removed it the problem went away instantly! Thank you, really. This was driving me so insane that at a couple of points I think I almost considered getting a new computer :p

      Now I can browse in peace again! Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions. We got there in the end!
      Woo Hoo! That's one for the Home team! Glad I could help.
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  • Profile picture of the author acrasial
    The title of this thread would be good in marketing to catch someone's attention. Could be used in a few ways...

    I think your title is engaging, because it is asking people to identify and also stop something. Both terms engage people when they read it, and when put into the right marketing hands, they could really bring home the bacon!
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  • Profile picture of the author secondeye
    Use Nod32, i am using it since 2 years and secured my pc
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