Author Topic: A new pop up in my yahoo mail "image8.pubmatic.com"  (Read 3944 times)

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pete

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A new pop up in my yahoo mail "image8.pubmatic.com"
« on: September 24, 2018, 04:31:24 PM »
I did a search on deleting this pop up, but some of the cures look dicey to me. Any suggestions.
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Re: A new pop up in my yahoo mail "image8.pubmatic.com"
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2018, 04:35:27 PM »
A safe way to begin would be:

1) Try to get rid of it by going to search and typing Windows Defender Security Center and opening it. Click Virus and do a scan.

2) Download the latest Malicious Software Removal Tool and run it.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/malicious-software-removal-tool-details.aspx

If all else fails restore a previous system backup

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Re: A new pop up in my yahoo mail "image8.pubmatic.com"
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2018, 03:13:20 PM »
I assume you were using web browser to check your mail and not a dedicated e-mail client.

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