Thread: Advertising Popups

I had this happening in my computer and looking at addons through firefox I found one that stops these adds popping up.

Originally Posted by Ueee

Hi,
I have had a problem over the last few days with an advertising popup coming up when i click on something on the forum, it could be to open a thread, when i hit reply or any other click. I thought it may have been my PC but it happened on my android device this morning. Its not just the add shown below, but for lots of different things, i got a ucalaly site this morning.....
I have not had it happen from any other site.
Any one else or have i just managed to get the same spyware on my pc and phone?

Cheers,
Ew

Hi there

That looks like some sort of spyware from ad.yieldmanager.com. You can find removal instructions here;

How to Remove Ad.yieldmanager.com Pop up Ads?(Adware Removal Guide)- AnviSoft

Or do a google search on the topic if the above link doesn't help.

In regard to protecting your PC, make sure all OS and application software is up to date. A free anti virus package is Microsoft Security Essentials, it doesn't interfere with your computer as much as others can Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows If you're not running anything its quite good (tho not perfect because it relies on file definitions being released rather than file behavour), otherwise I would suggest purchasing one of the big name AV packages.

cheers

Thanks Steven,
I had already tried a few of those, all had not found a thing. I finally tried one that ran several different programs and i now seem to to free of it. Certainly not as easy as removing a sus program from the installed program list!
I run full Trend security, spybot and malwarebytes, still i manged to catch this. Last thing i installed was well before it started, although i think there was a java update the day it started.....

Cheers
Ew