Annoying !!

[fbg40]

Hi
Over the last couple of days I have had a "pop up" appearing at the bottom of my screen every time I go onto the Internet. The only name I can see is APPROUND.NET Does any body know how I can get rid of this please - it's driving me bonkers !! Many thanks.
FBG40

[ummmm]

Go to control panel and see if you can uninstall it.

[factor-fiction]

The process may depend on which browser you use, but I suggest that if you go into your browser settings you may see that this has been added as the default search engine or one of the sites/toolbars to open automatically- if so, you need to remove that entry. See if that works
If you also look in Control Panel add and remove programs it may appear there

[Nibble]

Sorry, fbg, but its a virus - again, see here..

http://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2012/8/14/malicious-website-www-appround-biz-pc-performer-softwares-contains-viruses/

Time to dig out your Malwarebytes and run a full scan, then check again!

[Buenchico]

I'm with Nibble.

Running the free version of Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware should fix it:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/

[ummmm]

I might be being thick here but what is the difference between Malwarebytes and something like MSE?

[Buenchico]

Ummmm:
Anti-virus programs, such as MSE, seek to identify malicious software by looking for 'signatures' which are compared to a known database. Sometimes malware gets past them because there's no 'signature'. Malwarebytes digs into your system to try to find irregularities after they've been added to the registry.

[ummmm]

Cheers. I do have both but I didn't know why :-)

[fbg40]

Many thanks for such prompt replies. Nibble and Buenchico, you were right. I installed Malwarebytes, ran a scan, "cleared out" and all seems ok now. Again, many thanks.
FBG40