Popups

Lately, I've been getting popups. I always thought it was from Firefox, because it carried the logo, but today I figured out it wasn't. It was from Internet Explorer.

I keep getting popups like these:

media.cpvimg.com/images/prep_ctr.php?imgfile=3618_566078_7579777.html&partnerId=110380&appId=5&subId=&advertiserId=566078&keywordId=41131731&type=10&uuid=90941f8301ed4026a94bd0a29cbc3e10&keyword=ron&matchedBy=R&ct=cpv&wid=-1&size=720x300&lid=7579777&cid=232641&cc=us&rc=ca&mc=807&dc=0&vt=1264746839426&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjavascript&refUrl=www.southperry.net

I'm wondering what this could mean, since I'm browsing SP.net and I get this popup, and it happens to have SP.net in the url. I get one from NeXplore too. They're both furiously annoying, and no matter how I try blocking it (though internet options too), they keep coming back unblocked.

(Oh, and according to Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE, I don't have any infections.)

By the way, this is just weird. I'm getting popups like these:

kevinsmoney-tree.com/google.html?t202id=8783&t202kw=

[spoiler=Here's a screenshot of the problem][/spoiler]

Seems like adware to me, even if you have ad-aware. Remember that no protection program will provide 100% protection. Sometimes, things can slip pass it. Might I suggest temporarily trying another scan just to be make sure?

Oh but before you do that, go to Tools→Options→Content→Click the "Exceptions" button next to "Block popups". Delete anything there you don't know.

Do you have a decent:

-Antivirus
-Spyware scanner
-Firewall (built-in AND downloaded software or purchased software)

This may seem like generic questions, but once you ask yourself that, it might be helpful. I'll give you an example of what I use:

AVG, Spyware Doctor, PC Tools Firewall Plus ALONG with Vista Firewall. I also use my router as an 'external' firewall. Or if you're paranoid like how I can be:

1) Safe mode w/ networking
2) Download spyware remover
3) Scan + remove spyware
4) Reboot

Other tools that could help would be something like Registry Mechanic, or if you're extremely good with registry, look at it for yourself.

Spybot s&d!

Thats probably and addware or a spybot, for how long has this been happening to you?

PD: you can allways try a sistem restore

I think you should get a diagnosis via HijackThis ( http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/ ), and upload to a tech support forum, here, and/or http://www.hijackthis.de/ to see what bad things you have.

You might also want to check for rootkits with a tool such as Gmer ( http://www.gmer.net/ ), Blacklight ( http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security...lacklight/ ), Radix ( http://www.usec.at/rootkit.html ), or another tool.

And after cleaning, make sure to secure your browser to help protect against future malware infection and XSS and CSRF vulnerabilities [malware/adware is much easier to avoid (e.g., don't install things) compared to XSS and CSRF]. The link in my sig goes to an excellent guide written by US-CERT. For clickjacking protection, I think only Firefox's NoScript extension can help protect against that right now.

 Wikipedia articles on XSS, CSRF, and clickjacking

These give you definitions and basic information:[INDENT] cross-site scripting (XSS): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting
cross-site request forgery (CSRF): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery
clickjacking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickjacking[/INDENT]

@Kawasari Mimoto: what you're doing is good against malware, but you should still secure your browser to help protect against the other threats.

P.S. To emphasize how serious/prevalent XSS is, one security researcher said 70 percent of websites have XSS vulnerabilites. And here's what RSnake (the guy is a famous hacker and web security expert) said: "I'd say there's only one in 30 [websites] I come across where the XSS isn't totally obvious. I don't know of a company I couldn't break into [using XSS]." (Source: http://www.csoonline.com/article/221113/...ect?page=7 )