Comments on: How To Remove mtn5.goole.ws and popup.adv.net Popup Virus

By: Linderry

Linderry — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:52:46 +0000

Just try with Trojan Remover. It did remove the hidden service from my PC and the problem is gone.

You can download it at http://www.simplysup.com/

Linderry

By: Roi

Roi — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:24:49 +0000

Hi! Sorry to tell you these, all those ipconfig/ bla bla and those removal tool are futile… I tried all those procedure from various sites and NOTHING happened… BUT THERE’S ONE SOLUTION I CAN OFFER! REFORMAT YOUR COMPUTER…

YES! popup.adv.net and others are malware but not related to any IPs. They came from a virus called boot.com with a resycled folder…
My mistake was i didn’t took a chance to see whats written in its autorun.inf… if i could have a chance I may trace its mother virus hidden somewhere in our PC that calling those popup ads.

By: Peter Woodleg

Peter Woodleg — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:29:33 +0000

Hi Jonas, I almost became almost crazy with these 2 popups and tried so many things to get rid of them, but in vain.

Since I was getting these annoying popups since the last week I finally solved the thing by restoring my pc to a previous restore point dated before i started to have the trouble.

The miracle happened, no more these popups!

By: Jonas

Jonas — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:42:18 +0000

Hey there, this popup-thing is driving me crazy, and your otherwise excellent recipe didn’t help me.

I’m getting pop-ups from those two servers specifically, “popup.adv.net” and “mtn5.goole.ws”, so I was certain your method would solve it.

Info:
- I’m on a ZYXEL DSL router.
- “ipconfig /all” reveals two DNS servers, both starting with 212.242, but they’re provided by my ISP and the release-renew procedure doesn’t change anything there.
- I reset the ZYXEL router to default settings using the hardware RESET button, and then ran the configuration CD-ROM that come from my ISP. No change, I still get the pop-ups.

I also ran Spybot, FixIEDef and Adaware, and they found nothing.

I’ve been completely Adware and pop-up free since I switched to FireFox years back, so this really stresses me. I hope you can come up with a suggestion that will save me.

Thanks for the good work,
- Jonas