Anchorfree/Hotspot shield banner at top of every page i load in browsers

[konerboy]

Hi there... long time no see

I keep getting a ad/banner at the top of every page i load with a browser, It's related to "anchor free" or "hotspot shield" software, I have run all my antispyware/virus/malware programs and it stil appears

also sometimes i get a popup to an anchor free page (also about software)

I haven't even installed anything to do with anchor free or hotspot so don't know where it's comming from or where its situated.


any ideas on what to do?

 

[Slapshot136]

does it appear in all browsers? (I.E, chrome, ff, etc.)?

 

[sqrage]

Have you scanned with Malwarebytes? If not then do so. :thup:

 

[konerboy]

does it appear in all browsers? (I.E, chrome, ff, etc.)?

it appears in Chrome, Safari, IE

Have you scanned with Malwarebytes?

I think i only took the quick scan, Ill try the full one in a minute and see if that helps

 

[konerboy]

bump, Malwatebytes didn't help

 

[ProTech]

Same Issue

Running Vista Home Premium, the Hotspot by Anchor Free banner appears on every browser that I've tried. I have been unable to find any references to it in the registry, or even a folder associated with Anchor Free or Hotspot anywhere in the computer. I looked through browser add-ins for Internet Explorer and could not find any reference to it there either.

Any help in tracking down the source of this banner would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Prometheus]

I'd see if Spybot Search & Destroy picks up anything.

 

[ProTech]

SOLVED with a catch...

Running Vista Home Premium, the Hotspot by Anchor Free banner appears on every browser that I've tried. I have been unable to find any references to it in the registry, or even a folder associated with Anchor Free or Hotspot anywhere in the computer. I looked through browser add-ins for Internet Explorer and could not find any reference to it there either.

Any help in tracking down the source of this banner would be greatly appreciated.

Just an update on this: I ran HiJack This on the machine and removed 23 items. HiJack this, most of which were "file missing" situations, but there was one BHO that I actually removed. However, HiJack This errored out when writing the log file, so I can't tell you exactly what BHO it was. :banghead: That means that I'm not absolutely positive that it was the BHO that did it.

What I am sure of is that the stupid banner is gone from all browsers now. just a disclaimer, don't use HiJack This if you don't know what you're doing, you can seriously screw up your computer.

If you want to try it you can find it at http://filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/

Hope this helps!