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There have been a fewf popup windows occurring on my computer that I have no knowledge of consenting to. Two of them just pop up; one is in video format and the other two are advertizing windows. The only one that I was able to glean an I.D. from is "ghosty" or something like that. I looked in my add on's and it's not listed in there or my add/remove list. I have no idea how they entered, but I want them off of my computer. I did find one add on that I did not recognize and I disabled that. My greatest pet peeve about Firefox and/or Adobe updates etc is that the spyware virus-like junk creeps in somehow. I know how to keep the obvious ones out like McAfee on Adobe but the others sneak in somehow. My home (google) changes with the regularity, and I'm so frustrated with this crap. I have Win XP on my desktop and Win 7 on my laptop, How do I get rid of these maddening pop ups? I do very few downloads and only from trusted sites, ie Big Fish. My desktop has slowed down so much! I have Norton 2014 9n both computers and have had it on longer than the current slow down so I know it's not Norton.
Thank you,
T

Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
* [http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/default.aspx Microsoft Safety Scanner]
* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
* [http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility]
* [http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro/ Hitman Pro]
* [http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/ ESET Online Scanner]
[http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]] article.
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