User reviews and comments at the McAfee website report of a new browser exploit that causes annoying and excessive pop ups– icanseek.com pop ups. The windows automatically open while users try to open a new website. Those whose systems were infected by the icanseek virus report seeing windows displaying dating sites, icanseek.com, ad served sites and horoscope sites while browsing the internet. Unfortunately, blocking the urls of the sites does not stop the icanseek pop up windows from coming back. The pop ups can also be annoying, may disrupt browsing activities and can slow down the computer.
How to Remove Icanseek Pop Ups
The seemingly easiest way to get rid of the icanseek pop ups is to use anti-malware and antivirus programs that can scan and remove malicious files but the Icanseek malware has the ability to evade being detected and removed by a number of anti malware and antivirus software. You may, however, try the suggestions of users in this link:
This post will be updated as soon as a reliable icanseek pop up removal tool becomes available.
August 7th, 2009 at 7:20 am
I’ve tried everything, including 5 different Spyware removal softwares, including SUPERantispyware, and the pop ups keep coming, I can’t get rid of this thing. I’ve also tried to reinstall Firefox, but not luck.
July 17th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
An Update: As it turns out my last post was premature. The pop ups did continue. So it appears that superantispyware can find the files but not delete them. However I decided to disable all my firefox extentions and only enable the ones I knew for a fact were trusted (Made by firefox itself) and so far (its been a few hours) no pop ups. I have not tried using IE8 yet. The two Extentions I didnt know about and disabled from firefox were “My web tattoo fast browser search” and something called NP Helper. So check your own settings if you know how and see if you have either of those extentions.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I had this “icanseek” on my computer and NOTHING i did would remove it. Finally I decided to try another program called “SUPERantispyware” and sure enough, it worked!!!!!!!!!! I am now loving being pop-up free. good luck!