Pop-In Nuisances

[chakka35]

I haven't used AB for ages because every few seconds one nuisance called RELATED SEARCHES comes in from the left and GREAT DEALS from the right. Cancelling them removes them for only a few seconds. Does anyone know how to get rid of them so that I don't have to abandon AB after all these years?

[jno]

I don't know what culture would best deal with this... maybe repost in Editor's Blog, what's where most of the complaints about intrusive ads seem to go

[pastafreak]

Yes...try Editors blog. Then he'll know to get the techies on it. Give as much detail as you can.

[Buenchico]

Please see my post here (which I'm confident will deal with your problem as well):
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Internet/Question1330204.html

[chakka35]

Yes that makes sense, folks, and I've done that. But I thought that one of my friends (?) on S&C might help. Thanks.

[IggyB]

IThis definitely sounds like malware rather than an AB issue. Follow Buenchico's advice and see if that fixes it.

[ToraToraTora]

use firefox

[chakka35]

Thanks, Buenchico. I did everything you suggest and after 40 minutes of scanning I wasn't offered the buttons you name. So things just held fire.
I'll have to start again, but not yet!

[Buenchico]

>>>after 40 minutes of scanning I wasn't offered the buttons you name

Well you must have the only computer in the country without some sort of malware lurking in it! (I've never known anyone do a scan and not find anything!).

You should have been presented with a screen like this one:
http://r23.imgfast.net/users/2315/89/79/54/album/mbam110.png

Clicking on 'Show Results' should then take you to something like this:
http://www.removethisvirus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/remove-xaven-malwarebytes.png
You then need to put a tick against everything there. (If there's a lot, click on the first item to highlight it, then right-click and select 'Check all'). Then click on 'Remove Selected'.

It might be worth another try!

[Old_Geezer]

OH happens to me regularly Buenchico, but that's a result of regular scans.

[Old_Geezer]

Oh happens to me regularly Buenchico, but that's a result of regular scans.

[chakka35]

Sorry, Bienchico, I obviously wasn't clear. The scan certainly found lots and lots of things to put right but I wasn't offered the means of going on from there and eliminating them.

[Buenchico]

>>>but I wasn't offered the means of going on from there and eliminating them

Have you checked the images (in my links above) that show you how to do it?