[loribrewland]

I get pop-ups randomly. For example, haven't gotten any this morning (in the last hour). But later I will get them non-stop until I have to turn off my CPU.

Certain websites run super slow (ESPECIALLY FACEBOOK).

The ads are SPECIFIC to the website I am on (for ex, when I'm on craigslist, "Craigslist" will appear in the ad. Or when I am on a facebook, "Saint Louis" will be in the pop-up [I'm from St. Louis]).

Sometimes it will take me to a fake "My Computer"-like screen and tell me to "download virus protection" via an error message. Then when you clear that error message, another will pop-up. This happens again and again. If you 'agree' to DL the "spy software" or whatever, it tries to DL something on my CPU (not 100% sure of the name of what is trying to be downloaded). I obviously won't DL it... though I suspect it's already on here.

What do I do???

I do not have Anti-Virus Software because I am poor. I tried to run the new Ad-Aware but it freezes.

Also, I'm a CPU novice.

[hammerman]

Hello loribrewland and welcome to GeeksToGo.
I'm hammerman and I'm going to help you fix your problem.

Before we begin, here are some guidelines which will help us both in fixing your problem.

• I suggest you print or save any instructions I give you for easy reference. We may be using Safe mode and you will not always be able to access this thread. You can copy and paste these instructions into Notepad and then save the text file to your Desktop. If you need any help with this or further clarification, please let me know.
  
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• If in doubt about anything, please ask.

Can you please go to the Malware and Spyware Cleaning Guide and follow the steps in the guide.

These steps will remove the majority of infections. If you still need assistance, post the following logs in a reply to this topic.

1. RootRepeal log
2. Malwarebytes log
3. OTL logs

[hammerman]

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