Pop - ups on newsgroups

[Bertie Doe]

I've had a couple recently. The last 2 were spamming Skype products. I'm on W Live Mail as Reader and NIN as Server.

Looks like the last spam-free zone has been compromised :-( Anyone else getting this problem?

[Adrian]

It's your reader, 100%. Use a newsreader, not a flashy mail client which serves you ads, and your "problem" will not exist.

[The Nomad]

That!

S-- hadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole. (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens)

09:45:01 up 1 day, 14:31, 6 users, load average: 0.20, 0.28, 0.39

[Bertie Doe]

Thanks Adrian, that's what I needed to know.

[jack]

Bertie Doe wrote

No, and I use WLM and NIN too.

You sure your system isnt infected ?

[Tim Streater]

What problem?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Sounds like plowperson

[fred]

I got a spam Whatsapp message on my phone yesterday. W.T.F.

[John Rumm]

I would be inclined to install a run a copy of:

to clean the machine of any unwanted ad software.

[Bertie Doe]

I did a M Security Essentials full scan, with nothing found.

MyTurbo PC found 82 Junk files and 32 Privacy Items but no Malware. MTPC has fixed these, so maybe the unwanted ad software has been purged.

If these pop-ups appear again, I'll install mwbytes. Thanks.

[Adrian Caspersz]

You'll probably find "MyTurbo PC" IS Malware.

[John Rumm]

Malwarebytes tends to get rid of stuff that is ignored by many of the normal virus scanners, so worth doing anyway IMHO.

[polygonum]

Agreed.