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an issue with my laptop

danfifepsu31

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Ok at times my laptop is having pop ups when I go on the net and it has given advertisements along the site I go on, is my laptop infected?
 
Could be adware / spyware. Look in programs and features they'll be there. Uninstall them

Then do a full scan with something like malwarebytes
 
One of the 'gold standards' in anti-adware popups is rather aptly named, adwCleaner...

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
 
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