Every time I sign onto my computer I instantly get a lot of pop-ups. How do I get rid of unwanted pop-ups?

Question

As soon as I log onto my name after I turn on the computer, a lot of pop-ups come up. I can't do anything on the computer until all the pop-ups come up and then I have to exit out of all of them one by one. It takes a long time for all of the pop-ups to come up too. They make my computer go a lot slower than usual.

Answer 1

beer_farts is right - if you're receiving pop-ups immediately upon startup, then some sort of spyware or virus is installed on your system. You need to download some anti-spyware software to scan and fix your machine. Downloading Yahoo! Toolbar isn't going to do you any good, and at this point will only bog down your system more.

I agree with beer_farts' list. There's a lot on there though. My favorite free program for spyware (there may be better choices, but this works for me) is AdAware - that's listed as his second link. You should also download a second option, as no single spyware program will detect and repair everything.

AVG Antivirus (Grisoft) is a good free anti-virus program, but hopefully you already have something installed. You should make sure your antivirus program (whatever it is) is updated and run a scan immediately as well as sweeping for spyware.

You may have to dig a little deeper and manually get rid of some of your spyware, but if you use some of the resources from beer_fart's list you'll be off to a good start. Good luck.

Answer 2

first you need a firewall to prevent them in future, now you need a pop up blocker but before you need a powerful antivirus, YOU HAVE plenty of VIRUSES&trojan horses

Answer 3

Pop ups are a sign that your PC is infected with spyware.

Here is a list of free scans.I would recommend running ewido first.
Spybots search and Destroy http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html?tag=pao
adaware se> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1
http://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php
a-squared Free> http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_frame.asp
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
X -Cleaner Micro Edition scan http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spywareguard too.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
Get free anti virus for free click here.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
http://avast.com

Answer 4

You have spyware. You need to get it cleaned out-they can get at anything you type into your computer. Try: adaware, or spybotsearchanddestroy

Answer 5

those aren't popups, they are spyware/viruses/adware/trojan horses. you need to get a good antivirus program. you have been downloading from some bad places. your computer is sick!!!

Answer 6

Try getting a popup blocker

Answer 7

get a pop up blocker

Answer 8

get the yahoo toolbar and if that dosn't work type in msconfig in run and close some things out of start-up