Ads suddenly appearing

[KELDEO]

I recently have had ads appearing on my browser that i've never had before


Now iv'e done a search on my computer for Ilivid, and i also uninstalled any programs not supposed to be on my computer but no luck.
any ideas on how to get rid of this?

 

[n4n0]

Check your browser plug-ins.

 

[Alex_J_Leon]

As always, I'll offer the simple solution that usually gets rid of people's problems.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

 

[KELDEO]

Check your browser plug-ins.

what are those, and how would i go about doing that?

 

[nic0]

If you're using chrome, go chrome://plugins in the address bar.

 

[KELDEO]

If you're using chrome, go chrome://plugins in the address bar.

what exactly am i looking for?

As always, I'll offer the simple solution that usually gets rid of people's problems.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

downloaded and scanned/ removed anything bad and nothing has changed

 

[KELDEO]

Just reset the browser to defaults and it worked, thanks for the help guys! can be closed now.

 

[n4n0]

Then it was a plugin as I suspected.