popup help

[Mr_Patata]

ive recently been getting heaps of popups even when internet explorer is closed
i downloaded 'ad watcher' a program that clears and detects them... it detected the popups and each time it stated the popups had a parent process of normal programs, such as winamp and msn messenger and the parent process changes each time... they r only making it appear that they come from this process, how can i clean these popups completely without the use of popup programs?

here are some logs of popups that were recorded by adwatcher, can any1 help??
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7/29/2003 8:32:02 PM - Popup blocked (http://www.top-banners.com/dbgo/frame.php?url=http://www.smartersearchfeed.com/adserver.php&up= - Microsoft Internet Explorer)
Internet Explorer event
Parentprocess:studio.exe
"http://www.top-banners.com/dbgo/frame.php?url=http://www.smartersearchfeed.com/adserver.php&up= - Microsoft Internet Explorer"
Handle:2529960132
Classname:IEFrame


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7/29/2003 8:36:53 PM - Popup blocked (http://www.top-banners.com/dbgo/frame.php?url=http://www.about2find.com/as.php&up=0&full=3 - Microsoft Internet Explorer)
Internet Explorer event
Parentprocess:ad-watch.exe
"http://www.top-banners.com/dbgo/frame.php?url=http://www.about2find.com/as.php&up=0&full=3 - Microsoft Internet Explorer"
Handle:2529960132
Classname:IEFrame

[blebs]

I'd start by downloading and running Ad Aware 6 and the newest ref file followed by a download and run of Spybot Search and Destroy with the latest update file. Sounds almost like a form of a hijacker.

http://www.lavasoft.nu/support/download/

http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button

[Mr_Patata]

ye i have ad aware 6
where can i download spybot
thanx

[Mr_Patata]

sorry didn't see the second link, lol
thanx

[blebs]

If neither one does anything for you, let me know and I'll do some more digging. Usually one or the other will get rid of the offending tidbit.

[Mr_Patata]

thanx, well ve gone o my 3 gig limit on my cable access so they have limited my connection to to 28.8kbps :(
so i will have to wait half an hour before spybot finishes downloading, so i wont be telling u results until after then
thanx

[Mr_Patata]

thanks alot blebs99, i think the ref file must have done it for me

thanks alot for ur help, im not getting no more popups

[blebs]

Keep both programs. What one doesn't find, usually the other does. Too much crap to detect now a days! ;)