Thanks for that.
Run hijackthis and click on
"scan system only" button and put checks next to these:
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O6 - HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
Please close ALL browser windows (including this one).
Everything closed out but hijackthis and click on
"fix checked"
Reboot your PC.
What is going on now? If you are getting popups what do they say.
also...
Update Java: Security Issue
* Go to
Start >
Control Panel double-click on the
Software icon > add/remove programs.
* Search in the list for all previous installed versions of Java. (J2SE Runtime Environment.... )
It should have next icon next to it:
Select it and click Remove.
* The current version can be downloaded from Sun here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp Scroll down the page to 'Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u14(or higher) and press the 'Download' button. On the new web page, click the 'Accept License Agreement' button. Then select 'Windows Offline Installation, Multi-language' in the Windows Platform area just below the Accept button.