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  1. wiseowl

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    I'm not sure what is going on with the GC site,but I keep getting all kinds of Adverts showing up when I go from one thread to another and my uploaded photos are coming up very bad quality,it is only GC that it is happening on:dunno:;)

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    There is something amiss Woo.....my smilies aren't working and it does seem tempermental....
     
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    I haven't noticed anything odd on GC Woo or Loli.. I did experience a lot of those pop ups Woo until I changed to my MacBook & use MacKeeper which I find excellent, so now I don't get them at all..
    Check your pop up blocker is turned on Woo & perhaps download Ghostery.. That was a huge help for me in blocking them on my PC & Laptop..
    https://www.ghostery.com

    or if on google try this.. https://support.google.com/toolbar/answer/9171?hl=en-GB
     
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      I've got my popup blocker set to allow GardenersCorner to do anything (I've marked it as a trusted site), but I've not had any such popups.
       
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        @wiseowl read this http://www.enigmasoftware.com/annualvisitorsurveypopups-removal/

        But is their removal tool a virus???? (and there's free software at malwarebytes/beeping computer [1] that should do the job)

        So it definitely sounds like ad/spyware. If you Google
        you have been personally selected for today's annual anonymous survey all sorts of references to it are found


        [1] That's been mentioned on this forum in the past to deal with nasty Security Shield Bugs.
         
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            I wonder if Google and Mozilla etc have released an emergency patch for their respective browsers, or if this infection gets in via a trojan. Trick the user into downloading and installing something that seems legit and useful, but which actually lets the malware have unrestricted access to your PC.
             
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            • wiseowl

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              Good morning I have eradicated the problem now,thank you I have downloaded Chrome AD Blocker:)
               
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