January 2017
Hi, as well as running the AV software, you may need to manually uninstall the offending program in Windows and/or reset your internet explorer.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17421/windows-free-up-drive-space
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/17441/windows-internet-explorer-change-reset-settings
January 2017
Thanks for replying. I've managed to solve the problem by restoring the hosts file, apparentlly this issue is caused by some malware that sets some * up domains to your localhost, running AV or cleaners, manually uninstalling or reseting the inernet explorer won't get the job done. At least that was it for me, I hope this can help anyone else.
January 2017
how did you restore the hosts file? Im having the same issue that Counterflix ads are popping up even though i have pop up disabled. would you be willing to provide step by step in how you were able to come to your solution, I had my friend try to help me, but it still didn't fix anything.
January 2017
Hey, this article details how to reset the hosts file on the different Windows versions.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/972034/how-can-i-reset-the-hosts-file-back-to-the-default
Thanks.
January 2017
It's been a while since you posted this, thus you may have gotten it already, but I'm answering it either way. I used Host Mechanic to reset the hosts file, it's quicker than resetting it manually. Afterwards I decided it was also a good idea to block some known malicious domains trough the hosts file.
https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/41159/use-your-hosts-file-to-block-ads-and-malware/ This link shows how to block domains. I attached a .txt with a list of malicious domains. You just copy the domains from this .txt and paste it to your hosts file and before doing the blocking stuff create a backup for your hosts file just in case you accidentally mess something up.
April 2017
Same here.
Only happens with Origin
is Origin the malware?
May 2017
Hi EA,
I have purchased some games, but I cant play it just because ads in Origin.
How dare you !!!!!
May 2017
You should remove that picture or at least censor it