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Constant Pop-up ads

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Calum

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Okay, I'm trying to help out my Father-In-Law, he's getting constant pop-up ads on his laptop.

I was able to download and back-up the registry with ERUNT, but I'm having difficulty downloading HijackThis. When I click on either the Installer or Executable link Internet Explorer just returns a window saying it cannot display the page. I tried to right click and save target but gett error this way too.

Thanks in advance for your help!
 
Hello Calum

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Please download RootRepeal from one of these locations and save it to your desktop
Here
Here
Here
  • Open
    rootRepealDesktopIcon.png
    on your desktop.
  • Click the
    reportTab.png
    tab.
  • Click the
    btnScan.png
    button.
  • Check just these boxes:
  • post-75503-1250480183.gif
  • Push Ok
  • Check the box for your main system drive (Usually C:, and press Ok.
  • Allow RootRepeal to run a scan of your system. This may take some time.
  • Once the scan completes, push the
    saveReport.png
    button. Save the log to your desktop, using a distinctive name, such as RootRepeal.txt. Include this report in your post.
 
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