When I open a site it automattically opens another advertising window
Since recently, whenever I open a certain news site, it automatically opens another, advertising, window. How can I stop that happening?
Since recently, whenever I open a certain news site, it automatically opens another, advertising, window. How can I stop that happening?
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Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs.
You need to use all programs because each detects different malware.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.
- http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
- http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
- http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website
You should update the Java plugin to the latest version (6 U22).
- http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp (Java Platform: Download JRE)