Somehow some advertisements have gotten onto my computer. I use Firefox, but someone who'd used IE got onto a page that downloaded some ads. I have checked the computer for spyware, bots, and viruses, and all my programs say the computer is clean, yet these things still keep coming up in IE windows. I want to completely disable IE so that this can't continue to happen. Here are the steps I've taken (but they're not enough because IE windows keep coming up).
1-Used Ad-Aware to deep clean my computer for ads and other spyware.
2. Used Spybot S&D to get rid of bots.
3.Went to control panel>add/remove programs>windows components>and from there I disabled Internet Explorer.
4.Used two different antivirus programs to sweep my computer for viruses.
Even after disabling IE, I STILL have these annoying pop-up windows advertising things in an IE browser. What's more is I can surf the net from those pages, in IE! So...what do I do to solve this problem? I use Windows XP if that helps.
2007-02-25
11:54:58
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5 answers
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CandyCane
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