Google with pop up ads?

I just typed in a search and then pop

[zeus]

I make a search for (can I say that) then I got a pop ad, I have only seen that by Altavista, but now Google I hope not.

zeus

[brotherhood of LAN]

Hey zeus,

A few people have posted similar cases lately in the forum. Usually it is a result of spyware being on their computer. Google does not "do" popups.....so there are a few reasons as to why you seen one

1) The site you were surfing previously uses an "exit" popup for whenver you leave their site
2) Spyware that spawns a popup whenever you go to your home URL
3) A.N.Other spyware that shouldnt be there.

i.e. check your browser for spyware or the likes. It may have been a one off........but in the end of it all, Google claims to not do popups so I guess the best avenue to go down is to check your browser just in case.

Some people have mentioned a program called "Adaware" that scans and removes spyware from your harddrive (in the event you have it on your comp)

Hope that helps

[zeus]

Ill make a scan with ad-adware now and try the same search.

zeus

thanks

[zeus]

I have just finish may scan with ad-aware,but there still com a pop up ad, here what I type "online casino" I hope its ok, then the pop up comes. Maybe the ad-aware is not good enough it found 3 1 doubleclick and 2 valueclick.

zeus

[rcjordan]

The scan must have missed something, zeus. Here's google's faq on pop-ups:
[google.com...]

[ciml]

zeus, if Google start using pop-up ad's I'll eat my hat (Google "heads up" cap, of course).

They've taken a very public stance on it, so it's going to be something on your system.

[zeus]

Jesus I think you are right but the ad-ware diddent remove it, so what can I do, Im not so into spy ware, cookies and all that I am just a webmaster.

zeus

[msgraph]

Go to the ad-aware download page and download their latest reference file. There is an updated file that isn't included in the program you downloaded I bet.

That might catch what was missed before.

[zeus]

Thanks, with the new version of ad-aware it was removed no more pop up i hate those and now I realy hate spys on my computer.

zeus