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Message: <blockquote data-quote="herald" data-source="post: 824472" data-attributes="member: 1112">Running ad-aware isn't much help unless you using ad aware 6.0. It has an update feature built into the program. But if you are using the free version, you will have to run it manually. Make sure you do that before you run the program.As for popups, here are somethings I have to tell my clients just about everyday.If you have free programs that sync your clock, or tell you the weather, chances are that you have spyware on your computer, and its reporting what you do across the internet to third parties, and they are selling that information to the highest bidder.Look for things like "Gain", "Morphius", "Bd3 Projector", "Modem Test" in your add/remove program list. There are hundreds of program that can cause popups, so listing them here would be difficult.One of the most insidious is Kazaa. Kazaa will install Bd3 projecter to your system to give you popups, and it won't work with out it. It also modifies your host file on your system wich also can cause you to get popups. If you have this program on your system. I recommend that you uninstall it and Bd3 Projector, and replace your host file with a known good copy from a machine that is not having the same problem, with the same operating system. (There is a program that works much like kazaa, but is popup free, but out of respect for the admins, I shall avoid naming it.)Be carefull in using Ad-aware, it will modify your regestry, and you could destroy th OS if something goes wrong. Ad-Aware 6.0 should make a quarenteen of regestry keys that are spyware before removing them, incase you have made a mistake. I have never used the restore function for those keys, so good luck on that. Last but not least, check your startup folder, it's the oldest trick in the book, but many scumware makers have gone back to putting programs back into that folder. The program will launch, and prevent you from deleteing the file. Dropping into safe mode or DOS will allow you do delete the offending file.And also purge your "Temp" directories. You should have one for your profile and one for windows directories. Purging your temporary internet files would hurt either. There really shouldn't be anything in the temp folders that you should need to keep. don't use the disk cleanup program to do this manually look for your temp folders and then manualy empty them. This is the only way to be sure.I hope that this information helps.</blockquote>

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