Ad-Popper

Overview

Category

Adware: Software that displays popup/popunder ads when the primary user interface is not visible or which do not appear to be assocaited with the product.

Homepage Hijacker: Any software that changes your browser's home page to some other site. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.

Search Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites when you perform a search. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower. Search results when such a hijacker is running will sometimes differ from non-hijacked results.

Reasons For Retention

Changes browser settings other than homepage, without user permission. Changes home page without asking permission.

Origins

Date of Origin

June, 2003

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove Ad-Popper from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

Restore Settings:

After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again.

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