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Pop-ups are killing me. (New Windows user)
Hi Guys,
For a long time now I have been using a Mac Mini but for personal reasons I have now bought myself a Dell OptiPlex 760 Small Form Factor PC running Windows 7 Pro, 64 bit. The last time that I used Windows I had Windows XP Sp3 as my OS and I was reasonably happy with it, but this computer is killing me with unwanted pop-ups.
The computer came with what was called a "clean install of Windows 7 Pro" with MSE and Vlc.
For security, this PC is running MSE, Malwarebytes and Superantispyware. I never click on links in e-mails and the like and I have not yet downloaded anything. Every 2 days I update all 3 security progs and run scans of my PC, deleting anything found. But it seems that no matter what I do I am still getting loads of unwanted pop-ups. Things from Anyprotect and sites that will speed up my PC are the worst offenders and just won't go away. As well as those, I also get a lot of what I can only call, "Mini web pages" that appear on either side of whatever web page I happen to be on that offer to take me to web pages showing similar kinds of things.
Anyway, ideally, you guys will be able to offer advice as to what I can do to solve my pop-up issue.
Cheers,
Steve.