Pop-up Advertisements

[X111]

My computer has become infested with pop-up advertisements. I am fairly new to computers, and although I see that there are 'pop-up advertisement blockers' I am uncertain of which to have or what to do. All advice will be much appreciated.

[Cetti]

As Google is the preferred search engine for most people why not download the Google Toolbar? It's easy to use and includes a pop -up stopper - but you must turn it off before asking a question on this site as it somehow interferes with posting.

[jenstar]

Sounds like you have adware installed on your computer. Download the latest version of Ad-aware from http://www.ad-aware.com or Spybot S&D from http://www.security.kolla.de - they'll spot the programs that are causing this and remove them for you. And they're both free.

[waynesworld]

another good site is NoAds i use it & have had no problems, easy to use & free.

[X111]

Thank you all very much. My primary problem is that whenever I go to the internet something called res://mshp.dll/index.html#37049 grabs the address bar and I cannot get rid of it (I've cleared temporary files, cookies, history etc and disc cleaned three or four times, but whenever I set "Use current" or "Use blank" this blessed thing takes over and the screen becomes a shopping page with the addressas I have given). Will the remedies each of you have kindly given stop this?Is there something else that I should do?