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Not sure if this is the right place, but... Every time i log onto or open up disco, i get a few adware messages just like this but when i go onto other sites its perfectly fine unless its a gaming website. Here are just a few websites.
I've tryed Spybot Anti Malware thingy, Microsoft Security Essentials and i've tryed this Malware cleaner called "adwcleaner" (That i've used many times before to get rid of stuff and it works) but nothing seems to get rid of it. I'd rather not switch my internet browser over so does anyone have any suggestions?
Edit: I've just found out it's getting slowly worse.
That happens with me on firefox, try checking your extensions and deleting something that seems a little off.
If that doesn't work, try going to 'Add/Remove Program' or 'Programs and Features' and looking for such tools, you might usually see something with the ad that says 'Powered by: <name>' Look for it and uninstall it.
EDIT: Sometimes you'll even have to go into the 'Process' tab in Task Manager and end such processes, they are hard to find tho, so I don't recommend that way.
Go to your Chrome settings then to extensions...
Thats where alot of em hide...just delete the ones with fishy names and the ones you know you didn't install..
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Yep, plus i've restarted my PC
Edit: I've just been given a program by Dani called "MalwareBytes" so i'm trying that out now.
Edit 2: The program that dani told me to use, "MalwareBytes" worked like a treat! I suggest for anyone who has this problem or any other problem like it to download it!
To contribute a serious response, there's a huge difference between adware and ads served to your client by a website you visit. Adblock takes care of the latter.
Even if Adblock removed traces of adware from your browser window, that still wouldn't change the fact that you somehow got adware installed on your machine and probably want to get rid of it.
I hear Malwarebytes is a good choice for that, but it seems you already figured that out.