"Ads not by this site"...popping up within my Etsy pages

[sliverofwoods]

Has anyone else had ads, such as Zappo, Fab.com, Classmates etc. popping up between the Etsy tool bar and the banner and the lower margins !?

I have just recently borrowed a laptop from a friend because my pc died....and now my Etsy page is showing random pop up ads...regardless of the fact that I have the pop up blocker turned ON.

Does anyone know how I can get rid of these annoying ads?? There is a tiny "disclosure" at the lower right corner of the ad that reads "ads not by this site". I can't find anywhere "on" the ad space to remove the ads.

Aggghhh!!
Please help!
Laurel

[Former_Member]

Sounds like the computer has a virus - if they have webroot give their 800 # a call. If not, DON"T use it for any personal information. Take it to a computer repair center, many can do a scan for free, but fixing it may be costly. Don;t click on the ads & I would advise not using the computer for etsy until you get it check out. You would be better off using a library computer & changing the passowrds for etsy & payal if you've used it on this computer, just in case.

[sliverofwoods]

Uh oh!
What is a "webroot" ?

[Former_Member]

You've got a virus. :(

[Former_Member]

I had the same thing last week. If you are using Fire Fox. You can uninstall it and then reinstall after you check and see if it takes care of the problem. I also downloaded a free spy ware called Malsware. That did the trick.

[HausofAriella]

I recently had an awful popup virus that Symantec endpoint protection couldn't detect. I downloaded the Symantec Power Eraser and it took care of it http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.asp?lcid=1033&origin=default. You might want to give that a try.

[Former_Member]

I had this happen to me just this week! It looks like I unintentionally installed a tool bar called 'blekko', when I uninstalled it, the ads went away. Hope you find your solution. :)

[Former_Member]

Sounds more like a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) such as spyware. These are usually picked up unknowingly, like when downloading free trial types of games. You can easily remove them, though, yourself. Try using Malwarebytes. They offer a free one-time download trial version. I've used it before and it works wonders.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/malware_lp?gclid=CJflssWl5rECFWVvQgodZSsADg

[sliverofwoods]

Thanks to all of you for your replies and advice!!

To Disco Sorbet...
OH THANK YOU!!!!! YOUR link did the trick
I had been previously trying to download Malwarebytes and kept getting into sites that were false...??!! I could tell because ads were popping up everywhere...especially within/over other text.
The link you posted took me to the correct site and downloading was as easy as I remember (having used Malwarebytes before)...All the nasty virus business was removed after running the scan. YEA!!!

BTW FYI to all > everything removed had the title
or name of Crossfire and Crossrider.

[Former_Member]

You're welcome! So glad you were able to remove those pesky PUPs and glad I was able to help. I remember how annoying those things are and I literally wanted to just throw my laptop out the window until a friend of mine linked me to the site I just gave you.

[TheSassyMinx]

I'm having the same issue but have tried getting rid of it with Malware, AVG, Norton and McAfee - NONE of them have been able to locate the problem :( These ads are driving me crazy..... I think I will have to resort to resetting my computer back to earlier settings.

[Former_Member]

Christy, what internet browser are you using? I was on Firefox, so I uninstalled it and then reinstalled and it worked okay.

[TheSassyMinx]

Thank you SO much Snubblebug!! I imported all of my bookmarks to Google Chrome and uninstalled Firefox - Voila! Problem solved. Wish I had paid more attention to this thread earlier it would have saved me hours of scans and downloads! You rock. :)

[LovesYouCrafts]

Wow that's crazy, I'm glad you got it taken care of though!