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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: pete on September 24, 2018, 04:31:24 PM

Title: A new pop up in my yahoo mail "image8.pubmatic.com"
Post by: pete 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.
Pete.

Title: Re: A new pop up in my yahoo mail "image8.pubmatic.com"
Post by: Alan J. Raul 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 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/malicious-software-removal-tool-details.aspx)

If all else fails restore a previous system backup

Title: Re: A new pop up in my yahoo mail "image8.pubmatic.com"
Post by: Alan J. Raul 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.

While surfing for a deal on a MacBook Air for a friend I got this notice at the bottom of the web page using Windows 10/Internet Explorer. I then pasted the link into Firefox running in a virtual machine running Ubuntu 18.04.1. No popup occurred...