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Robert Lendrim <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:10:45 -0500
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​Hi Peter,
In addition to the good utilities you've already tried, I've found
SuperAntiSpyware to be effective and non-invasive. I firmly believe that
one malware utility is not enough, although I think only one should be
"active" at a time. I agree that Revo Uninstaller is an excellent utility.
The most important thing, I would humbly suggest that you try running your
browser in a sandbox, using "Sandboxie". It prevents items from a browsing
session getting on your computer without your specific approval. It takes a
little getting used to, but I've found it well worth the effort. Hope you
get it fixed.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I apparently was not careful enough and ended up with my Chrome browser
> getting infected. The problem is that adds from go.goadvs.com pop up often
> when I access our church website. I did a Google search and found some
> suggestions on removing this malware. Unfortunately, a search of the
> registry, inspection of installed program, removal of all Chrome
> extensions,
> as well as running several malware removal programs (AdwCleaner, Junkware
> Removal Tool, Malwarebytes, HitmanPro, Zemana) did not seem to fix the
> problem.
>
>
>
> I have now uninstalled Chrome, clearing all history and cookies, rebooted
> and reinstalled Chrome. Since the problem was intermittent, I am still not
> sure if it has been fixed, but so far no ads.
>
>
>
> My question to the list is whether anyone has seen such behavior. In
> particular, why would this happen when visiting a specific website? Any
> inputs would be appreciated. Hope that none of you get this because it is
> very irritating.
>
>
>
> Peter Shkabara
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