Does Tripod give you Adware?

Question

Does www.tripod.lycos.com/ give you Adware? The other day I was using Tripod to make a website and when I scanned my computer I found that my it was infected with 1 Adware, called IEplugin. IEPlugin is an adware program that displays advertisements on your computer.

Now, I'm not sure if it was Tripod, becasue yesterday I was searching around some pretty unsafe sites. I was browsing around iwon.com, zwinkie.com, and some other free website making sites. I was mainly using Tripod tough, so that is my main concern. I want to know if Tripod gives out Adware and/or any viruses/spyware?

Answer 1

Not heard of Tripod placing adware on people's computers and I've been helping people with adware and spyware problems for some time now. They place adverts on the webpages when people view them but I guess you already know that.

If it happens again then look at the time the adware was installed and go through your Internet History or Temporary Internet Files to see which page you were browsing at the time the adware arrived.