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Browser Pop up after pc boot
Greetings,
Whenever I start my pc (Windows 7, 64 bit). I get a Godaddy pop up on my google chrome browser showing an westechnologies.com ad. I narrowed the location of the file source to the Sidebar for windows Gadgets (located somewhere in c:\Windows\winsxs folder). I narrowed the location by uninstalling my browser application and restarting my PC. I received a error notice stating that I did not have a program associated with this pop up. when I opened my task manager and opened the program associated with this warning, the task manager connected me to the "sidebar.EXE" file located somewhere in the "C:\windows\winsxs" folder. I verified that the problem was associated with the sidebar/gadget area by closing the gadget sidebar and restarting my PC. The pop up did not appear when the sidebar was off, but when I started the sidebar the pop up appeared. I tried several online virus scanners (Trend Micro housecalls, kapersky, and ESET). I even installed Norton internet security suite which did not remedy the problem. I am currently using Online Armor as my firewall and Avast (free edition) as my anti-virus protection. I also have Superantispyware pro running as well (superantispyware performs nightly malware full scans, and has real time protection). I also use Malwarebytes (free edition) in quick scan mode with negative results as well. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.