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Posted by Nur Mala
Nur Mala
13,169 Points

HOW TO SOLVE MY TREEHOUSE WORKSPACE FROM UNWANTED ADVERTISING ?

Everytime I run my web page there are unwanted advertisements on the top and bottom of my page. I definetely didn't put them. Are they viruses ? How to remove them ?

7 Answers

notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points

If you're running Mac OS X, look into the free version of Avast, since Malwarebytes doesn't have a Mac version.

http://www.avast.com/

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

Try running the free version of Malwarebytes found here: https://www.malwarebytes.org/

Treehouse did not put them there. Your browser has probably been compromised. Malwarebytes should find whatever it is.

Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Nur Mala

As Kevin Korte mentions, we don't add any advertising to our site. We value our student's time and attention too much. You're paying us for good content, not ads, and good content is what we try to deliver every day!

Nur Mala
Nur Mala
13,169 Points
Nur Mala
Nur Mala
13,169 Points

I am using window. I have downloaded and run malware scan from https://www.malwarebytes.org/. I run it. It didn't help. Now, all video tutorials are running with music background. Very noisy so I even can't hear the tutorial. There are also advertisements in the top and the bottom of the tutorial page. There are also in the text of the challange box. I believe the advertisements are not from Treehouse, but could you give me an idea to solve this problem ?

Thanks

Nur Mala
Nur Mala
13,169 Points
Nur Mala
Nur Mala
13,169 Points

Thanks all, really appreciate for these fast responses. Gonna try solve it now..

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hi Nur, try to see if Avast will clear the problem. Also, can you try another browser?

I'm going to guess you're on a Windows machine. You might want to try something called RogueKiller as well.

Nur Mala
Nur Mala
13,169 Points
Nur Mala
Nur Mala
13,169 Points

Dustin Matlock thanks. Avast works very well.