Just "poppin up"

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Every single time I get on BB, I hit post a reply to something and I get like 90 gazillion popups (okay like 43 last time I checked) and then it shuts down my computer and my puter won't start back up for like 20 minutes... Anyone know why this is happening and anyone havin the same problem?
 
It sounds to me like you are having problems with a "browser hijacker." You might try a couple of programs that are free to download on the net called Ad-aware and Spybot. Both of these programs should solve the problem. They find programs that are bundled in other software that you don't really want on your computer called spyware and give you the option to delete it. As an added bonus they'll really speed up your computer if this is the problem. You should be able to find both of these programs on http://www.download.com . If you are still having trouble let me know and I'll see if I can help. Feel free to pm me. I hope this helps.
 
Looks like the others have you covered, it doesn't have anything to do with the boards, more something to do with your computer. Hope you get something sorted. Another good link to try that helped me when I had this problem was http://www.majorgeeks.com
 
Another thing you might try is, after you clean your system of spyware as Beernut instructed you, you can try another web browser.

If you're getting a ton of popups, you're probably using Internet Explorer. IE is exploited too easily by internet bad guys like spyware, and virus writers.

I recommend Firefox. You can see it here, and download it if you like.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Firefox blocks popups by default, and lacks many of the vulnerabilities that makes IE so easy to exploit. Opera is another good choice, but the free version comes with adware.

You will still need IE for stuff like getting Windows updates, and making the transition from IE to another browser might seem a little strange at first, but it is a safer surfing experience.

Edit: I should tell you, the reason you may be having this popup problem at this site in particular is because the browser hijacker Beernut was talking about will search the page for keywords, and see if it has any ads to serve you that match those words. I'm guessing when you hit this page, you hit the magic combination of keywords.
 
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