About 6-8weeks ago (guesstimate) I started getting a random window popup at various times while browsing online. The semi-odd thing about it is #1-same type of popup on both ie & my Chrome browsers; #2- I hadn't downloaded/installed anything around then; #3 I havenot been able to find their source; #4- Have not found any scan (malwarebytes, Panda, pcpitstop, etc) that seems to locate it, nor does my Winpatrol. The popup windows vary in advertisers, but most frequent is for the game "Big Farm". They are always fullsized page & open in a new window (not just a new tab), with no toolbar, etc on top. Of course it can get irritating!
Now, as of 2days ago I've suddenly gotten a new & BIGGER annoyance... Quite often, especially when I open my browser & go to do anything (such as switch sites/pages, open history, etc), I get a blackish popup come down about 3/4 over my page, and has a video box (which seldom starts to play for at least 10seconds) & below video has a button that says "SKIP AD in 15 seconds" & then counts down to 0, then I can hit the skip button, & it goes away. It also happens just the same nomatter if I'm using Chrome or ie.
Any clue??? If I had an idea of their name or source, I should be able to find some sign of their existence in regedit, but I don't seem to find any indication anywhere including at top or bottom of screen when they open. The two types of popups do not look or act anyway similar/related,
P.S. I also have checked my extensions, etc in each browser & in my programs
Thank you very much for your time & assistance!
NOTE: the 1st time I ran gmer, it fried on me & restarted computer, so I ran it with the "sections" clicked. I saved the ark, then I reran it again but with the original options, & it ran ok that time so I saved its ark also & named it "ark1". Im posting them both, I hope that is best.
Ark.txt = sections c drive selected
Ark1.txt = the normal choices
Now, as of 2days ago I've suddenly gotten a new & BIGGER annoyance... Quite often, especially when I open my browser & go to do anything (such as switch sites/pages, open history, etc), I get a blackish popup come down about 3/4 over my page, and has a video box (which seldom starts to play for at least 10seconds) & below video has a button that says "SKIP AD in 15 seconds" & then counts down to 0, then I can hit the skip button, & it goes away. It also happens just the same nomatter if I'm using Chrome or ie.
Any clue??? If I had an idea of their name or source, I should be able to find some sign of their existence in regedit, but I don't seem to find any indication anywhere including at top or bottom of screen when they open. The two types of popups do not look or act anyway similar/related,
P.S. I also have checked my extensions, etc in each browser & in my programs
Thank you very much for your time & assistance!
NOTE: the 1st time I ran gmer, it fried on me & restarted computer, so I ran it with the "sections" clicked. I saved the ark, then I reran it again but with the original options, & it ran ok that time so I saved its ark also & named it "ark1". Im posting them both, I hope that is best.
Ark.txt = sections c drive selected
Ark1.txt = the normal choices
