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Annoying Google Ads! The current suspect is 'ECATA'
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Noggs
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:04 pm    Post subject: Annoying Google Ads! The current suspect is 'ECATA' Reply with quote

Okay. I'm a big user of Google, just like alot of people.
And I havn't downloaded anything recently, but everytime I try and open a link off of Google a god damn ad pops up in it's place! The link to the website I want only starts to work after i've clicked it 2-4 times.
What i'm trying to download is .NET Framework 3.5
It does this for ALL links on Google.
Can anyone help me here?
I probably have some annoying ad program somewhere.
Is it possible to get rid of it?

EDIT: Okay, i've found something out, all my searches are taking me through this thing called ecata!
It's taking me through that website about 2 more and then to an annoying ad I don't want to be on.
If that can help in any other way? Like if anyone knows about Ecata

EDIT: Also my AV's refuse to update!

EDIT: This just keeps getting WORSE AND WORSE!! I've found out that other people have gotten this before, people have said AV's won't find it. Aparantly the file is c:\windows\system32\drivers\mqpdwhospwsw.sys and it's extremely hidden. It redirects me from sites. Slows down my downloads, Won't even let me download things from Microsoft or respectable AV Sites!


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scan with your antivirus lol.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've already scanned my internet browsers files.
I started a whole computer scan before I left.
I also did one last night and nothing came up.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What are you scanning with o.O
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AVG.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you shouldn't be getting pop ups when clicking google links. I never have/had them before, you should really scan with your AV
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've already had that answer.
And i've told them, I scanned last night. And before I left I put on a whole computer scan.
And I got nothing when I scanned last night.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

download firefox.
www.firefox.com

download faggot plus.
http://adblockplus.org/en/

run it and restart firefox soon as it's done

you never have to see an ad on the interweb again.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You sure that'll work?
Because what actually happens, is when I click on the link, it opens what I wanted into a new window, and changes the url into some annoying ad that I don't want to see.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Noggs wrote:
I've already had that answer.
And i've told them, I scanned last night. And before I left I put on a whole computer scan.
And I got nothing when I scanned last night.

Don't scan with an antivirus, especially AVG. They can't do everything, and viruses are the priority, while you seem to have Adware/other malware. To fix your problem, download Spybot Search & Destroy and Lavasoft Ad-Aware Free. Do full scans with those for the most effective removal of spyware and/or adware.
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faggot Plus is quite useful, but in this case it would be a workaround, at best.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have Spybot Search & Destroy. I'm not sure if it picked anything up. I hadn't been on my computer for a while before I found I kept getting a load of unwanted ads.
I'll try Lavasoft aswell. I'll make sure to do full scans with both.. that'll take a while D:
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did you try deleting your cookies and internet cashe?
Because this is what happened to me when I first went on inapropriete
sites... and I just deleted my cashe and everything worked fine.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I tried deleting all my cookies etc.
Your first time on an inapropriate site?
How can you remember that!?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Noggs wrote:
Yes, I tried deleting all my cookies etc.
Your first time on an inapropriate site?
How can you remember that!?

I dont know it was like 3 years ago..... more like 6 or + but w/e
there would be porn popups. You can also delete your account and make
a new one... thats what I do now if I want to go you know where I make
a new acc and then I delete it. I dont know if you want to because that
would remove all your d/ls.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

xMurtaghx wrote:
Noggs wrote:
Yes, I tried deleting all my cookies etc.
Your first time on an inapropriate site?
How can you remember that!?

I dont know it was like 3 years ago..... more like 6 or + but w/e
there would be porn popups. You can also delete your account and make
a new one... thats what I do now if I want to go you know where I make
a new acc and then I delete it. I dont know if you want to because that
would remove all your d/ls.


Watch your porn on a Virtual Machine...way easier Wink

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