I keep getting spammed by hyperlinks that try to direct me towards aol.careerbuilder.com, it says the ads are by Video Player. This is incredibly annoying!
Okay, here's my problem. I'm trying to study for college and I'm using a website called TexGrammar to study but this really annoying thing keeps happening. Some of text is hyperlinked (that isn't supposed to be) and when I hover the mouse over it it directs me to aol.careerbuilders.com and says underneath that "Ads by Video Player". Earlier today I had a problem with pop-ups by the same "Video Player" telling me that Firefox required that I update my video player. I assumed this could be spam so I closed it out and after that I noticed the hyperlink problem that I first explained. When I tried opening google chrome, the pop-up problem came back up so I went back to using Firefox. It's incredibly frustrating, please help.
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hello, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware on your pc.
please go to firefox > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc).
also go to the windows control panel / programs and remove all toolbars or potentially unwanted software from there.
finally, run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes & adwcleaner.
Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware
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hello, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware on your pc.
please go to firefox > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc).
also go to the windows control panel / programs and remove all toolbars or potentially unwanted software from there.
finally, run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes & adwcleaner.
Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware
Thanks for the reply. Shortly after posting this question I managed to figure out how to resolve this problem. For anybody who has a similar problem (and has Windows 8.1), I would advise going to Control Panel > Programs and Features and then searching your list of programs for anything that looks suspicious.
The program that I was getting spammed by was called "Video Player" and showed up in the annoying pop-ups and hyperlinks. Coincidentally, there was a program called "Video Player" that was installed on my computer with out me knowing. I'm guessing that it probably installed because I clicked on one of the pop-ups that appeared to be a Firefox update (but wasn't). After I uninstalled this program, the pop-ups and hyperlink issues were resolved with ease.
In addition to the method that I used, I also ran a full virus scan using Windows Defender and it detected 2 malicious adware files. I've had similar problems to this before and usually after running a virus scan they seem to go away. As a result of these problems, I'll be running virus scans on a day to day basis just to ensure that my stuff like this doesn't happen again.
I've been having this same problem for over a week. I had already checked my add-ons and my programs in Control Panel and found NOTHING strange. I simply don't know what else to try.
I've also run MalWareBytes and SuperAnti Spyware and they found nothing. I don't know where else to look.
It has gotten very annoying and would appreciate any other ideas.
Thanks.