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HecateLarpo · 08/10/2012 06:43

I am getting dodgy looking pop ups at the bottom of my screen. Only on Mumsnet pages. It's not appearing anywhere else. blue top, white main. just sliding up the page, offering things like "3 new driver updates", and sliding back down again, leaving the little blue top bar visible.

It's very annoying. I would have thought it was a virus - but it is only happening on mumsnet pages (I've been checking) so it's you!

Cease and desist forthwith.

Grin

RebeccaMumsnet · 08/10/2012 09:25

Hi Hecate,

It's not us at Love messages Shock

I will see if Tech has any suggestions?

ColetteTech · 08/10/2012 10:06

Hi Hectate,

It sounds like adware to me, there's a couple of things you can try to get rid of it (assuming you're using a PC).

I'd disconnect from the internet and try going to 'Add or Remove Programs' in the Control Panel, sometimes this kind of adware will show up in the list of programs and you can just uninstall it like you would a legitimate piece of software. Look for any names what you don't recognise/look dodgy but be careful not to remove software you actually need/use!

If there's nothing obvious there I'd download a free program like Ad-Aware like Zombie suggested and run that to see if it picks up anything.

Hope that helps,

ColetteTech

ColetteTech · 08/10/2012 10:30

Apologies, ZombTEE! Blush

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