Why are there ads popping up on my desktop?

xNicko

Recently I've been getting a ad on my desktop for some crypto gambling company. It links to a file in "C:\ProgramData\Notification Center" called "service.notification.popup.exe". I've scanned that folder and my entire system with Bitdefender, but nothing comes up. I've tried to delete the folder, but it keeps saying it's in use by another program. The ad references an old program I used to have installed called "Noping". I'm guessing this all has something to do with that even though I unistalled that like a year ago and this problem only started happening in the last week. There's nothing that stands out as suspicious in my task bar or in my startup services. How do I get rid of it?

Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/96646/why-are-there-ads-popping-up-on-my-desktop

Check if below steps helps you in any way.

1) Restart PC in safe mode: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode-in-windows-92c27cff-db89-8644-1ce4-b3e5e56fe234

2) Open run command and run below command one by one:

temp ,delete all the files in the folder

%temp% ,delete all the files in folder

prefetch ,delete all the files in folder

3) Restart your PC in general mode by unticking the option that you selected to run the system in safe mode and then click apply.

4) Reset your browsers:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

Microsoft Edge: https://malwaretips.com/blogs/reset-microsoft-edge/

Opera: https://browsersolution.com/reset-opera-browser

Vivaldi: https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/install-update/full-reset-of-vivaldi/

Brave: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017903152-How-do-I-reset-Brave-settings-to-default-

5) Reset windows host file to default: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-reset-the-hosts-file-back-to-the-default-c2a43f9d-e176-c6f3-e4ef-3500277a6dae

Afterwards, kindly follow the steps provided in below stated link

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-service-notification-info/

Regards

avanna

hi, just popping in to say i had a similar experience with uninstalling NoPing and getting those ads.

i also found a funny Notification Center registry entry in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, as well as a Notification Center task in my Task Scheduler.

using Safe Mode to remove temp folders, all of that and the ProgramData\Notification Center folder seems to do the trick. thanks everyone for all your work!

xNicko

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/326851#Comment_326851

How should I got about dealing with those files in the image I posted? Should I delete them all or are some necessary?