how do you get rid of unwanted pop up icons on a cpu?

Answer 1

Pop ups are caused by spyware, also known as trojans. To get rid of them you can download Ewido anti spyware, Ad-Aware SE Personal, and make sure you use a firewall (not the windows one). You also need an anti virus, Avast is the best around at the moment.

Before attempting to remove malware you must switch off System Restore as back up files will be hiding in there, and it will just restore itself. Go to Start - programs - accessories - system tools - system restore.
Run Avast and Ewido in Safe Mode. To get into Safe Mode repeatedly press the F8 key after the bios screen loads but before Windows loads. You'll know if you made it because the screen will be at 800 x 600 and your pc will be slow.

Then beef up your security. Its easier to prevent malware getting on to your sytem in the first place rather than trying to remove it.

The Windows firewall doesn't stop malware on your pc from dialling out. Either of these firewalls are free for personal use and stop unwanted incoming and outgoing traffic. You choose which programs are allowed to access the internet. They are both fairly easy to use and updated regularly.
http://www.zonelabs.com Zone Alarm firewall
http://www.kerio.com Kerio firewall

Shields Up security site, check your firewall works
https://www.grc.com

http://www.mozilla.com/ Firefox web browser
http://www.opera.com/ Opera web browser
Instal both these web browsers, turn off javascript on one and use that browser for vising unknown websites. They don't support Active X so thats one less way for problems to get on your pc.

Winpatrol is a handy utility that tracks cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.
http://www.winpatrol.com

Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com

http://www.siteadvisor.com -Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit.

http://www.avast.com - Avast Antivirus

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/ - Trend Micro online virus guide
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - Trend Micro PCillin online scan

http://www.ewido.net - Ewido anti trojan

Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware
http://www.lavasoft.com

Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware
http://www.safer-networking.org

http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - The Spyware Warrior site identifies fake anti spyware programs.

http://www.bitdefender.com -BitDefender can be used as a second, on demand anti virus.

http://www.ccleaner.com Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool

You can also download Microsofts free Windows Defender from the official Microsoft site, and the Malicious Software Removal Tool.

Remember to update and run all of you anti malware programs at least once a week.

Answer 2

Hi:

Do the following and you will never get those annoying popups.

First of all, get RegSeeker to clean your registry, it's a freeware. You can download it here >> http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Then, download Spybot - Search & Destroy to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software. It's also a freeware. Don't forget to upload the internal database before proceeding to cleaning. You can download it here >> http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html

After that install Firefox, an open source alternative to IE, which is lot better than IE and has lot of features that you will never return to IE again. Get it here >> http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

I hope this exceeds your expectations from Yahoo! Answers community.

>>> Naveen Kumar

Answer 3

what does the poop-up say? if it says.. "low on virtual memory" then buy some more ram etc, cpu pop-ups are normally warning ones and should not be ignored.. you may have a trojan in there somewhere causing trouble... download the yahoo toolbar with norton free spyware scan, that will find/delete the little blighter...

Answer 4

Downloading a pop up blocker should help you. BTW, you get pop ups on your monitor and not cpu.

Answer 5

click on the pop-up blocker and set it to block all pop-ups. it will tell you a pop up has been blocked. it is located in the yahoo toolbar and looks like an envelope wirth a tiny down arrow next to it.

Answer 6

Get yourself a pop up blocker that comes along with the toolbar, I guess.

But, from your CPU?

Now that's a new one!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Install either Adaware or SpyBot immediately. Remove all tool bars, let it be from any one. Tool bars are basically spywares

Answer 9

get a popup blocker
download Yahoo's Toolbar with popup blocker :)
there are other popup blockers available too
check out www.download.com

Answer 10

select the options on ur cpu