Questions tagged [adware]

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I have some sort of adware that isn't being detected by anything. What should I do?

This started happening a couple of days ago. It's a small and simple form of adware, but it's incredibly annoying. It linkjacks your results on google. For example, if I search for "jobs", the top result is Monster. But if I click it, I get sent to…
ryeguy
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A comprehensive list of adware programs

Is there a comprehensive list of adware programs like Babilon, Delta search, Conduit, Ask.com, etc? I could not manage to find something full-blown. Thanks.
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without web cake selective software install

OK it's probably not possible to install software [that comes bundled with web cake] without webcake. but, having installed the app with webcake, is it possible to cleanly excise web cake after that while retaining the installed desired software?
seusr
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When trying to uninstall the adware WebPlat, I recieve an error saying, "The specified module could not be found." How do I solve this?

Full error: RunDLL There was a problem starting C:\PROGRA~2\WebPlat\WebPlat.dll The specified module could not be found. I've had this adware for months and only today figured out what exactly it was called on my computer. When I try to uninstall…
Sara
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Need Malware removal instructions

How do I remove mysearchresults.com and funmoods.com adware from my HP laptop ? I am using Internet Explorer. The uninstall function does not work, as I cannot locate these toolbars on the list. Also tried the tools function on IE but it only showed…
louise
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