have installed adobe flash player 10 active x, now get constant pop ups, how can I get rid of them?

Question

they come up continually, one asks me if I want to allow active x controls and plug ins, the other says that an active x control is accessing some software which has been marked safe for scripting and do I want to allow it? aaaaarrrrrghh they won't go away..

Answer 1

Could be a malware infection, use the following free programs, download, install, update and reboot into Safe Mode to scan:

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware:

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?hhTest=1.

Select Full Scan.

Remove all infections that it finds after scan.



SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition:

http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html

Select Scan your Computer, select your drive and select Perform Complete Scan and remove infections, then click on Preferences, click Repairs Tab and click on any of the System and Browser Repair Items that you may have problems with then click Perform Repair.

Answer 2

Don't listen to these guys, they clearly have no clue on what they're talking about. I am a developer at Microsoft so I know a thing or two about computers. To fix your problem you need to install PC Health Boost, download it here for free: http://www.pcboostcleaner.com



It's very light and it's the only antivirus/cleaner with a 99.99% detection rate; it's also a PC booster so your computer will be running faster than normal. Install it, hit run and problem solved. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes.

Answer 3

Adode flash player itself requires a active x control in order to install for internet explorer but it only needs to done once to install the new flash player so i would not recommend running no more active x controls unless you know for sure what it is for. Just to be safe run a virus and spyware scan.

Answer 4

Click start.Control panel-Add remove prog and take it off.Or if you want to

keep it and are using Firefox.Click Tools at the top-Add ons and put Flash

block and Adbock on.When one comes up right click on it and click Adblock

Flashblock on the drop down.Then add filter-apply-ok.Its gone.

Answer 5

3 questions, where did you download it from ( did you follow a link ) ,where are these pop ups coming from, your anti virus or firewall, and do you have vista or xp

Answer 6

run windows defender @microsoft.com

or malware bytes anti malware @download.com both free