Anyone else having Tepfel/Webcake/Topic Torch pop ups?!

[Rocketpunk]

They are super annoying and only happen here on ECF. They are pop up ads that come in from the left side of the screen. You can "x" them away but as soon as you click on a new page, it comes right back. I've done all sorts of diagnostics on my pc. Grrr.

 

[Rocketpunk]

Ahh... ahh... I think it went away... I think....

 

[SissySpike]

Your puter has something It only dose what you tell it to do so if you did not tell it to put popups when you hit certain keys or sights then you downloaded something by accident and its telling your browser to put them there. If I ever meet some jerk that says he wrights mal spy ware. Im going to punch him right in the eye with out any warning!

 

[Rocketpunk]

But I'm super crazy about having everything malware-preventable up-to-date and this happened. I've had a truly horrible day, guys. Had an awesome run of good luck since April of this year, and now the pendulum is swinging back the other way. This is just the icing on the cake. However, I haven't seen the pop up for a few minutes... *fingers crossed*

 

[SissySpike]

A good rule of thumb is if you did not ask it to be there dont hit the X use ctr,alt,Delete at the same time open the task mangier and close it that way. Sometimes clicking the x is a trick and your saying install me all over your files so it will take you days and days to delete me from your puter.

EDIT: and pay for your porn so you don't get viruses. Its the opposite of the real world;-)

 

[ambientech]

I don't care if it isn't currently popping up. Run Malwarebytes!

 

[Rocketpunk]

But (Chappelle: PLEASE BELIEVE ME!) this isn't "ill-repute" related. I swear on my guinea pigs' lives, and I wouldn't say that if I didn't mean it.

 

[rotku]

Hey Rocket,
Two ideas. 1) Just restore to a few days ago when it was NOT happening. 2) CTRL-ALT-DEL task manager and see if you can identify the culprit. Then Google to figure out how to extract. Just a couple of thoughts. It sounds frustrating so good luck.

 

[devauto]

I don't care if it isn't currently popping up. Run Malwarebytes!

I agree ... run Malwarebytes ...

 

[lamarrk]

Sounds like your computer is infected, not ECF. I've never seen anything like that happen when I'm on ECF.

Follow the instructions here Topic Torch virus. How to uninstall topic torch toolbar - SafeBro to remove the malicious application.

 

[Rocketpunk]

Ran Malwarebytes, Spybot: S&D, and ComboFix. I think the problem is solved. I wonder why it only picked ECF to use pop-ups. Weird. Anyway, I think it worked. mods, feel free to /thread.

 

[Sucker_dad]

Nastiest virus I ever got on my computer was from facebook and one of the game links. By nasty I mean I couldn't even tell the computer to format the hard drive (wipe all data and restore to factory settings) every time I tried that it would give me a failure. I was able to start scanning with spybot and after I found one trojan and removed it locked the computer to the point of not rebooting. Every time it would try to start it would fail before it even got to windows. Even tried safe mode to no avail. I took it to a computer restoration expert. He tried to download the hard drive to wipe it clean and restore using an external system, nope. Ended up trashing it as it wasn't worth replacing the hard drive and buying the programs all over. It was a few years old at that point. I don't do anything on Facebook other than look at my newsfeed now.

 

[Rocketpunk]

Somewhere in some putrid basement with raindrops or some kind of disgusting viscous liquid dropping, a colossal dbag is typing up this stuff and like Buzzzlove said, I would knock that blanker out, or at least make foot contact with a sacred place....

 

[WattWick]

A good rule of thumb is if you did not ask it to be there dont hit the X use ctr,alt,Delete at the same time open the task mangier and close it that way. Sometimes clicking the x is a trick and your saying install me all over your files so it will take you days and days to delete me from your puter.

EDIT: and pay for your porn so you don't get viruses. Its the opposite of the real world;-)

Ctrl Alt Del is sooo 2012. Ctrl Shift Esc is where it's at

 

[Dusif]

Easy fix..
Step 1
Download google chrome
Step 2
Make it your standard browser
Step 3
Download the add remover app and hope it fixes it

Or even more funny... Turn your firewall off next time youve given your computer a clean install, it'll make 99,9% of viruses go to an eternal loop for reasons i do not wish to try and explain


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[classwife]

Moved to Site Feedback and Help from General E-Smoking Discussion

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Being a mod on a very large Forum for 8 yrs part of my responsibilities is finding and deleting posts with spy/ malware, viruses, etc. Have used all the progs mentioned and the best and most thorough is SuperAntiSpyware IMO. You'll find it recommended by many techie sites that offer free virus removal advice. A free and pay version.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Website probs- can't edit above post...The diff with SAS is it deep scans- memory, registry and files.

 

[Rocketpunk]

I do use Google Chrome.

Easy fix..
Step 1
Download google chrome
Step 2
Make it your standard browser
Step 3
Download the add remover app and hope it fixes it

Or even more funny... Turn your firewall off next time youve given your computer a clean install, it'll make 99,9% of viruses go to an eternal loop for reasons i do not wish to try and explain


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