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Hello, my online name is Ralph SilverSky and of course that isn't my real name; my universal username for websites online is ThirdQED. Currently, I am a first-year student at a University in the USA, taking my first steps toward my dream of becoming a physician.
My interests include computer, internet, health, medicine, chess, anime, manga, novels, martial art, badminton, philosophy, and psychology. By answering and asking various questions on here, I hope to be able to learn more about these subjects and activities.
If you have a question for me or just simply wish to chat about something, feel free to drop a message in my Advicenators.com inbox, Gmail inbox, or give me a phone call at (801) 228-0733 (US only, please).
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Question:
ok when i open up quicktime player a porn website just pops up and i am wondering how i can stop it plz help!!
My Answer:
I would say that you may have an adware on your computer. Adware, spyware, and virus are within the category of malware.
If you are not good with computers and don't know how to manually remove it, then I recommend you to download, install, and run the following program:
SuperAntiSpyware (free version): http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html
It works very well for me when I tested it (by infecting my own computer with about 10 adwares). I must say that it among one of the bests free anti-spyware and anti-adware available today.
Of course, there are cases where the program doesn't detect the adware. In such situation, you need to manually remove it. To begin with, recently, did you install any software into your computer? You might want to check on that and attempt to manually remove the adware yourself. Removing an adware is a lot simpler than a virus, or worse, worm.
TendMicro HijackThis: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis
It will help you in pinpointing where the problem lies. But to use it, you need to have some understands of your system.
If all else failed, then try a system restore. If you have been creating at least one restore point on your computer each month (like you should), then this process should be a piece of cake. If you have never created a restore point, then . . . well, keep trying to remove the adware =)
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Also, the person below me recommended you CCleaner. Well, CCleaner is a good freeware that erases your traces of activities on your computer, but it is NOT (NOT as in "NO") an antivirus or antispyware program. It's NOT going to remove or report any malware on your computer.
If you want a free anti-virus and anti-spyware program, then I would recommend you to use one of these:
****NOTE: Pick ONLY ONE because if more than one anti-virus software run at the same time, they might interfere with each other.
Avast! Home Edition: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Avira AntiVir Personal Edition: http://www.free-av.com/en/products/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html
Both are just good as each other and both are free. Just pick the one you like.
Hope this helps,
=)
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E-mail: thirdqed@gmail.com
Gender: Male
Location: United States
Occupation: Student
Age: 18
Member Since: April 14, 2009
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Last Update: July 13, 2010
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