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Windows security popups and taskeng cmd popup



Sublime Text, XAMPP, and rubygems
 
None of those should be a problem. Where did you get them from?

Adacado appears to be an ad vendor; my guess is you installed a repackaged version of one of the programs with some poorly-coded ads thrown in the mix.
 


I believe they are all from trusted sources. I was following a tutorial on teamtreehouse and used their resources to download all the programs. I hope so, it seems to be linked to Skype some how. The windows security pop up only appears when I go to maximize skype from the toolbar