Arrhh... evil adware!

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Jamez
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ARRGHH!

OK, I was looking for a website for drivers for a piece of old hardware ive got, and i ended up on some warez site. They asked me to download a plugin to be able to download the zip file, so i did. the plugin installed and i downloaded the zip but it was corrupted.

now, whenever i surf the net in IE, i get loads of popups for gambling sites and stupid things like emoticons and stuff!

I've run Ad-Aware and nothing has been found.

Help me!
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marksi
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System Restore to yesterday?
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Jamez
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ill lose all the work ive done today... ?
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Jamez wrote:ill lose all the work ive done today... ?
I don't think System Restore does that. I think it only restores the files in the Windows folder. To be on the same side though, back them up.
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Sput
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Yeah it'd be fine. The only danger is it destabilising the system. Also, make sure ad-aware is up to date.

By the way, does this metrobinge represent your triumphant return to broadband, jamez?
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Jamez
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Yep, although it did take 91 days from when I ordered broadband to actually being connected.

BT had to dig a hole in a field about a mile away from me and fix a "major" fault in their network.

However, it is a 1Mbit connection (956Kbps at the moment), but Tiscali keep disconnecting me every few minutes, and then I have to wait another 20 seconds for the modem to re-sync and then another 10 secs to connect on the PC.

I've got a Creative DSL router here, but I messed around with my NVidia network card and now it wont work properly on my desktop PC (works perfectly on my laptop though).
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Is that an odd view of a pair of headphones or have you been auditioning at Llandaff for the part of a cyberman?
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Jamez
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Nick Harvey wrote:Image

Is that an odd view of a pair of headphones or have you been auditioning at Llandaff for the part of a cyberman?
It's an od pair of headphones, although they are very good. The big white studio ones do my head in and the sound quality isn't as intimate as I'd like!
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Jamez wrote:the sound quality isn't as intimate as I'd like!
I have the same problem with sex lines.
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Jamez
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Oh, and I've solved my adware problem!

Just a case of asking Norton where it was, finding it, restarting in safe mode, deleting it and it's friends and restarting!

whhaalaaa!
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Jamez
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Sput wrote:
Jamez wrote:the sound quality isn't as intimate as I'd like!
I have the same problem with sex lines.
ROFL!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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