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Old 05-20-2015, 06:17 PM #1
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Unhappy help! have highlighted words that lead to spam.

Help!
I have many things going wrong with my computer.
Audio pop up ads
high lighted words that lead to spam ads etc.
little green connecting circle never quits, though some times it freezes.
we have foxfire and tried to switch to chrome same problems
took it to a friend who is a computer guy and he said he removed malware from the computer. but still have the same problems. help!
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Do you have Malwarebytes? This is a free download....
It removed a PUP we got on our 1 day old new computer last spring when we downloaded Adobe reader.
CNet.com is a good place to read about and download free malware fixers.

PUPs are very common now, and we scan for them weekly. One week we had 9 of them. They come in now from all sorts of legit sites. You need to look at what you are doing on the net very carefully... some gaming sites have intrusive code on them now.
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Yes we have that and it didn't help
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150mg of lamictal 2x a day
haldol 5mg 2x a day
1mg of cogentin 2x a day
klonipin , 1mg at night


I will not give up in this weight loss journey, nor this need to be AF. 3-19-13=156, 6-7-13=139, 8-19-13=149, 11-12-13=140, 6-28-14=157, 7-24-14=149, 9-24-14=144, 1-12-15=164, 2-28-15=149, 4-21-15=143, 6-26-15=138.5, 7-22-15=146, 8-24-15=151, 9-15-15=145, 11-1-15=137, 11-29-15=143, 1-4-16=152, 1-26-16=144, 2-24-16=150, 8-15-16=163, 1-4-17=169, 9-20-17=174, 11-17-17=185.6, 3-22-18=167.9, 8-31-18= 176.3, 3-6-19=190.8 5-30-20=176, 1-4-21=202, 10-4-21= 200.8,12-10-21=186, 3-26-22=180.3, 7-30-22=188, 10-15-22=180.9,
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You obviously still have the malware despite the person saying it was removed which is a huge pain for you I know bizi.

You're not using it still are you? Are you using your phone again or the computer? I wouldn't be using the computer until it was clean personally.

There was a strange link came up in one of your posts the other day on Weight Loss Forum. First time I've ever seen that happen.

Do you have a lot of important things saved on your computer?

If you don't you could reformat. Start fresh.
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Default microsoft info about this problem

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...8-4a5d1dbefc11
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Not wanting to overcomplicate the issue but here's another thread from this forum - similar issues mentioned.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...highlight=PUPS
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/982434

sounds like checking for any addons/extensions that you didn't actually add on yourself is one thing..


and many more search results for - forums have highlighted words -
https://www.google.com/search?q=foru...lighted+words+
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he uninstalled chrome, ran adware cleaner and hitpro3.
my side keeps fire fox crashing.
the connecting circle keeps circling like it won't connect, the green circle sometimes stops and becomes gray.
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jeff said he would do more research it seems to be affecting my side primarily, not his side.
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and yes I was on my phone earlier. on pc righ tnow. I told him I just wanted to go buy a mac.
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klonipin , 1mg at night


I will not give up in this weight loss journey, nor this need to be AF. 3-19-13=156, 6-7-13=139, 8-19-13=149, 11-12-13=140, 6-28-14=157, 7-24-14=149, 9-24-14=144, 1-12-15=164, 2-28-15=149, 4-21-15=143, 6-26-15=138.5, 7-22-15=146, 8-24-15=151, 9-15-15=145, 11-1-15=137, 11-29-15=143, 1-4-16=152, 1-26-16=144, 2-24-16=150, 8-15-16=163, 1-4-17=169, 9-20-17=174, 11-17-17=185.6, 3-22-18=167.9, 8-31-18= 176.3, 3-6-19=190.8 5-30-20=176, 1-4-21=202, 10-4-21= 200.8,12-10-21=186, 3-26-22=180.3, 7-30-22=188, 10-15-22=180.9,
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Bizi, as the others have said it looks like a PUP to me.

Does "Text Enhance" appear when you click on something?

If so, the instructions here should help; http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/ .
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People who write malicious software should have their fingers glued to their keyboards
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