Hi All Never had anything like this before. I'm always careful on the net. Was browsing some C++ coding sites (in Chrome) when my anti-virus (Avast!) warned of an infected page, but clearly it was too late. Now I get pop ups, and links in pages that change to other destinations and/or trigger a new page to open. At times, key words in articles, which are not originally hyperlinked, are made into links to by this malware. Nearly always to various malware removal tools etc etc. Can't believe I've jeopardized my system, gutted. Anyway, I emptied Chrome cache etc, then I started computer in Safe mode and deleted all temp folder content. Then ran malwarebytes which found suspicious files, quarantine them, as well as registry keys. Restarted computer. Problem in Chrome persists... IE and Firefox not affected. Any more suggestions, what am I missing? thanks in advance one unhappy bunny