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I can now report that the problem has been successfully solved and corrected. My thanks to Laptop Master of Prostar Computer for providing a correct solution. I downloaded SUPERanti spyware pro and was about to abandon Chrome to go back to internet explorer. As suggested I placed the PC in safe...

Yes, I have tried Adaware, Bitfinder and TotalAV. TotalAV was the only one to claim to have found malware. It found three pieces of malware. All three were removed. Chrome was reinstalled, the pop ups continued to show up inspite of that. As a comparison I activate internet explorer as a...

Just in case the first answer did not complete. I use the Adaware program. Windows 10 shows the DNS server name to be Automatic DHCP. My ISP is Spectrum and I use my own Trendnet router. It is my understanding that the designation Automatic indicates that the DNS used is selected by the ISP and...

Recently my HP Win 10 has been bombarded with some new pop ups that slide in from the left side of the screen. This has been occurring in the Chrome browser. You close one and another one opens up, then another and another. As suggested I checked in More Tools \ Extensions I do not find a...

Yes the media creation tool was downloaded on a different pc. It was then opened on that PC and the resultant program ended up on a USB thumb drive. The USB drive was attempted to install the replacement drive. It was good to learn that the MCT did the partitioning and formatting of the new...

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that had a hard drive failure. I purchased a replacement that is blank. It has no operating system and has not been pre formatted. This PC did not come with a installation disc. I don't have a recovery drive for it either. I have the Windows Media Creation Tool...