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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:26 AM
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Unwelcome intrusions--how do I get rid of these?
These underlined links started appearing just today. Very annoying. I don't know how to get rid of them. I was downloading something from a game site last night, then opted out, but maybe something from that site "stuck" anyway?

I use IE and Windows XP.
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canetoad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 02:42 AM
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1. Download and install
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Most 'free' downloads have a payload.
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 06:47 AM
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2. Thanks!
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 08:04 AM
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3. And quit using IE. Get Firefox.
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Earth Bound Misfit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 08:13 AM
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4. +1 on running Malwarebytes
Run MBAM. Go to Settings>> "Scanner settings">> "Action for potentially unwanted programs (PUP)" and select "Show in results list"


Do you see "ArcadeWeb" in Add/Remove programs? Remove ArcadeWeb instructions: http://www.arcadeweb.com/deactivate.php
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:50 AM
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5. Delete - wrong place. Sorry. nt
Edited on Tue Aug-02-11 09:51 AM by woo me with science
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:52 AM
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6. Also try Superantispyware.
Malwarebytes is great, but I often find that it picks up the big viruses, while Superantispyware cleans a lot of adware that Malwarebytes misses.

I would actually run both.

Good luck!
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