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NEED HELP, Think my Lap-Top has a VIRUS??????

Recently when I get online, I have been getting a lot of these pop-up ads. I never get pop-up ads. I always have the pop-up blocker on the highest setting and it has never allowed pop ups but suddenly theyre coming up. The pop ups are all similar, same size, they take up my whole screen so I know it's coming from the same source. The ad that comes up usually depends on what site I'm on. If I'm on yahoo, an add will come up that's pretending to be yahoo. Or if I'm on a gaming site, a type of gaming ad will pop-up. In addition to pop-up blocker I have windows firewall on. And I recently downloaded Avast Home Edition and did a full system scan. The scan found a lot of viruses and took care of them all. But I am still getting theses pop-ups. I know this is not normal because I have had this laptop for years and never got theses pop-ups. How can I make them go away when I already have my pop-up blocker on its highest setting??

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1. If you use up-to-date, well-known virus protection. Once you get adequate protection, run a full-system scan. If anything is found, remove it. On the other hand, this sounds like adware. You should also use up-to-date spyware & adware protection. Here is a suggestion: Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, Or Webroot Spysweeper.
2. i have had removal problems with avast and avg...This is a list of online scanners Safety.Live.com (This is microsoft's) Symantec.com Housecall.TrendMicro.com Comodo.com they are free and will remove them for you...Comodo.com offers manual disinfection and a free security suite