I just moved my computer back home from my apartment at college, and first ten minutes I get these weird System popups. They're not internet pages, they're actual system windows that pop up in the middle of Counterstrike, surfing the web, or even when I'm not surfing the web and idling. They all tell me to go to messageaway.com or blockmessenger.com to buy these $30 one-time programs that will block these stupid ads.
Of course I'm not going to buy these ads, but I'm not sure what's causing these and/or how to stop them. I don't have any firewalls, as I've never found it necessary to load them up, although I just did go into my network settings and put up a firewall for the time being. I know it'd probably conflict with my games and sharing, so I'd like to figure out a way to just stop these system popups without doing any of that. I ran the latest updated Ad-Aware, and I just did all my critical updates for WinXP (pro).
Any help?
Of course I'm not going to buy these ads, but I'm not sure what's causing these and/or how to stop them. I don't have any firewalls, as I've never found it necessary to load them up, although I just did go into my network settings and put up a firewall for the time being. I know it'd probably conflict with my games and sharing, so I'd like to figure out a way to just stop these system popups without doing any of that. I ran the latest updated Ad-Aware, and I just did all my critical updates for WinXP (pro).
Any help?