Did you just get a pop up from sports747.com and wonder where it came from? Did the sports747.com ad appear to have been launched from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the sports747.com pop-up show up while you clicked a link on one of the major search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here’s a screenshot of the sports747.com pop-up ad when it showed up on my computer:

If this description sounds like what you are seeing, you probably have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the sports747.com ads. Contacting the site owner would be a waste of time. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you remove the sports747.com pop-up in this blog post.

Those that have been visiting this blog already know this, but for new visitors: Some time ago I dedicated a few of my lab systems and knowingly installed some adware programs on them. Since then I have been tracking the actions on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the systems. I first spotted the sports747.com pop-up on one of these lab systems.

So, how do you remove the sports747.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the sports747.com ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the sports747.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with pop-ups like this one is that it can be launched by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

To remove the sports747.com pop-up ads you need to examine your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

1. Review what programs you have installed in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. Do you see something that you don’t remember installing or that was recently installed?
2. How about your add-ons you have in your browsers. Anything in the list that you don’t remember installing?
3. If that didn’t help, I’d recommend a scan with FreeFixer to manually track down the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’m working on that scans your computer at lots of locations, such as browser add-ons, processes, Windows services, recently modified files, etc. If you want to get additional details about a file in the scan result, you can click the More Info link for that file and a web page will open up with a VirusTotal report which will be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

   

Here’s a video tutorial showing FreeFixer in action removing pop-up ads:

Did you find any adware on your machine? Did that stop the sports747.com ads? Please post the name of the adware you uninstalled from your machine in the comment below.

Thank you!

Does this sound like what you are seeing right now? You see pop-up advertisements from cdncache-a.akamaihd.net while browsing web sites that in general don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The popups manage to get round the built-in pop-up blockers in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Maybe the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-ups appear when clicking search results from the Google search engine? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-up looked like when I got it on my computer in a new tab:

The URL mentions the clkmon.com domain.

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your computer, you presumably have some adware installed on your computer that pops up the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net ads. So there’s no use contacting the site owner. The adverts are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you remove the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-up in this blog post.

For those that are new to the blog: A little while back I dedicated some of my lab systems and deliberately installed some adware programs on them. I have been observing the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first found the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-up on one of these lab systems.

So, how do you remove the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and TinyWallet installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

In my case, TinyWallet was probably responsible for the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net connection as you can see from the network log:

The bad news with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be launched by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

To remove the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-up ads you need to check your computer for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-ups is to examine the programs installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can find this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:

Do you see something suspicious listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if some program was installed approximately about the same time as you started getting the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net pop-ups.

Then I would check the browser add-ons. Adware often show up under the add-ons dialog in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?

I think you will be able to identify and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’ve developed since 2006. Freefixer is a tool designed to manually find and remove unwanted software. When you’ve found the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not crippled like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to pay a fee just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having difficulties figuring out if a file is legit or adware in FreeFixer’s scan result, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up your browser with a page which contains more information about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be quite useful:

Here’s a video tutorial on how to remove the pop-ups with FreeFixer:

Did this blog post help you to remove the cdncache-a.akamaihd.net popup ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Did you just get a pop-up from fsn2ip0s.com and wonder where it came from? Did the fsn2ip0s.com ad appear to have been popped up from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use aggressive advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the fsn2ip0s.com pop up show up while you clicked a link on one of the big search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here is a screenshot on the fsn2ip0s.com pop-up from my machine:

fsn2ip0s.com resolves to 54.200.143.216. The following domains also resolves to the same IP, thanks to DomainTools.com:

•  62wfo4ys8z.com
• 7uwfj0k.com
• f1v476z.com

If this description sounds like your story, you apparently have some adware installed on your system that pops up the fsn2ip0s.com ads. Contacting the site owner would be a waste of time. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you with the fsn2ip0s.com removal in this blog post.

Those that have been visiting this blog already know this, but for new visitors: Not long ago I dedicated a few of my lab computers and purposely installed a few adware programs on them. I’ve been tracking the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first observed the fsn2ip0s.com pop-up on one of these lab computers.

So, how do you remove the fsn2ip0s.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the fsn2ip0s.com ads I had installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the fsn2ip0s.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in .

The issue with pop-ups like this one is that it can be popped up by many variants of adware, not just the adware running on my machine. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

Anyway, here’s my suggestion for the fsn2ip0s.com ads removal:

1. Review what programs you have installed in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. Do you see something that you don’t remember installing or that was recently installed?
2. How about your add-ons you installed in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Anything in the list that you don’t remember installing?
3. If that didn’t solve the problem, you can give FreeFixer a try. FreeFixer is built to assist users when manually tracking down adware and other types of unwanted software. It is a freeware utility that I’ve been working since 2006 and it scans your computer at lots of locations where unwanted software is known to hook into your system. If you would like to get additional details about a file in FreeFixer’s scan result, you can just click the More Info link for that file and a web page with a VirusTotal report will open up, which can be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

   

Did this blog post help you to remove the fsn2ip0s.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Do you see pop-up ads from williamhill.com while browsing on web sites that normally don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to escape the built-in pop-up blockers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera. Perhaps the williamhill.com popups appear when clicking search results from Google? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the williamhill.com pop-up looked like when I got it on my machine:

I first noticed this pop up back in December 2014, but now it appeared again, so I thought I should write a few lines about it. The actual subdomain is static.williamhill.com.

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your machine, you presumably have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the williamhill.com ads. Don’t blame the people that owns the website you were at, the ads are almost certainly not coming from that site, but from the adware that’s installed on your machine. I’ll try help you to remove the williamhill.com pop-ups in this blog post. This is done by removing the unwanted adware.

Those that have been visiting this blog already know this, but here we go: Not long ago I dedicated some of my lab machines and deliberately installed some adware programs on them. I have been monitoring the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the systems. I first observed the williamhill.com pop-up on one of these lab computers.

So, how do you remove the williamhill.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the williamhill.com ads I had BlockAndSurf, TinyWallet and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the williamhill.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in .

The problem with pop-ups like this one is that it can be launched by many variants of adware, not just the adware that’s installed on my system. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what should done to solve the problem? To remove the williamhill.com pop up ads you need to examine your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

1. What software do you have installed if you look in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel? Something that you don’t remember installing yourself or that was recently installed?
2. You can also check the add-ons you have in your browsers. Same thing here, do you see anything that you don’t remember installing?
3. If that did not help, you can give FreeFixer a try. FreeFixer is built to assist users when manually tracking down adware and other types of unwanted software. It is a freeware utility that I’ve been working since 2006 and it scans your machine at lots of locations where unwanted software is known to hook into your system. If you would like to get additional details about a file in FreeFixer’s scan result, you can just click the More Info link for that file and a web page with a VirusTotal report will open up, which can be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

   

Here you can see FreeFixer in action removing pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the williamhill.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Did you just get a pop-up from plarium.com and wonder where it came from? Did the plarium.com ad appear to have been launched from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use aggressive advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the plarium.com pop-up show up while you clicked a link on one of the major search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here’s how the plarium.com pop-up looked like when I got it on my computer:

The ad is for the Stormfall Age of War game. The URL mentions the adcash.com domain.

If this description sounds like your system, you most likely have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the plarium.com ads. There’s no use contacting the owners of the web site you currently were browsing. The advertisements are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you remove the plarium.com pop-up in this blog post. This is done by cleaning your computer from the unwanted adware.

If you have been following this blog already know this, but if you are new: Not long ago I dedicated a few of my lab machines and purposely installed some adware programs on them. I have been observing the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it downloads additional unwanted software on the computers. I first found the plarium.com pop-up on one of these lab machines.

So, how do you remove the plarium.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the plarium.com ads I had BlockAndSurf, TinyWallet and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the plarium.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

It seems as plarium.com is getting quite a lot of traffic, based on Alexa’s traffic rank:

The problem with this type of pop-up is that it can be popped up by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

Anyway, here’s my suggestion for the plarium.com ads removal:

The first thing I would do to remove the plarium.com pop-ups is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can reach this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:

Do you see something suspicious listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if some program was installed approximately about the same time as you started seeing the plarium.com pop-ups.

The next thing to check would be your browser’s add-ons. Adware often show up under the add-ons dialog in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?

I think most users will be able to find and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop many years ago. It’s a tool designed to manually identify and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve found the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not crippled like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to purchase the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having problems determining if a file is clean or unwanted in the FreeFixer scan result, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up your web browser with a page which contains additional details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

Here you can see FreeFixer in action removing the adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did you find any adware on your machine? Did that stop the plarium.com ads? Please post the name of the adware you uninstalled from your machine in the comment below.

Thank you!