[Solved] pop up to fix Vista error?

//pckeeperapp.com.zeobit.com. This is not the same as other times I've seen it. I wrote down zedo one time, so I guess it was in place of zeobit on this one. I tried to find it on Microsoft website, as it claims to be written by a tech, but was not able to find out anything.

 

The only browser I use is IE. Strange thing is, it doesn't always come up. It's been on here for a few months I think, so I don't recall if I installed anything. I don't usually install things. My recent installs have been: Malwarebytes, RevoUninstaller, Avast. Have you seen the pop up? It looks like a fake. Since I don't have any errors from my machine to tell me something is wrong, I would not have chosen to hit the download button on the pop up. I tried to put it in "restricted" on my browser, didn't do anything. It's odd that it pops up so infrequently

 

I reset the browser
Also took off one of my news tabs. I have a space below my browser window, and noticed that when I clicked on a link on the news page, it came up. It comes up under the browser window. I assume it's some kind of malware.
Were you able to find out what it is? Thanks again for your help.

 

as soon as I see it again, I'll try to screen shot it and post. Thanks.

 

I opened the news web site and clicked on a link. Sure enough, the pop up showed up. I tried using shift-prtscr. Did not work. Tried "function" and prtcr, also did not work. Those were the directions on the page I was directed to.

 

After my last post, I ran Avast, no issues. Ran malwarebytes, 117 PuPs, most were c/programfiles/searchprotect etc. Search protect is what Spybot removed before I uninstalled it. Also ran RevoUninstaller, it removed 2 left over files of Chrome and 2 others. After all this, I went to site that I was on when pop up came up, and it did not. Local news site, www.tucsonnewsnow.com, and I have not had any more pop ups. I hope we can consider this done. I have an Acer laptop, no idea why I can't get print screen to work, but no matter what I try, it doesn't. Guess that's another issue with this machine, it has quite a few which I suspect are because of all the crapware installed by manufacturer. thanks so much for your time, expertise and patience. I think you've gone above and beyond with this old girl.

 

Although my white hair gives me away, I'm not that old and out of it. I did not install anything. You checked out the url for this pop up, and say it's not malware. Great, I did not post orginally in malware, a moderator moved it. The links I clicked on, on www.tucsonnewsnow.com were headline links so you can read the story. I was able to make it (the popup) come back on the news page, before I re-ran malware bytes. Now, when I go to the tucsonnewsnow page, I can't make it pop up. I checked my help and support, it says to just push the prtscr button OR use alt-prtscr. Neither of these works, I have no idea how to fix it. As we saw, this machine was saving downloads to the c drive and not the desktop. This o.s. is Vista Longhorn, the very first one, presumably with all the mistakes. So who knows why this key works on your machine and not mine. Granted, I don't think I've ever had occasion to use prtscr. But still, it should work. I tried the link for decrapifier, it locked up. I waited for 15 minutes for it to remove Acer eAudio, and got no light showing that my hard drive was in use. Odd, don't you think? It also wouldn't cancel. So, I went to shut down. I have RevoUninstaller on my machine, may decide to try to move these Acer crapware that way. I hope I've adressed all the issues and questions. Thanks, so much, again.

 

I have to apologize. I left my laptop on, on this page while I went to answer the phone. My nephew decided to click on some link and downloaded something while I was out of the room. I just found this out yesterday. And I have since downloaded Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 recommended by my library. On their site I downloaded "Overdrive" which is some kind of e-reader. Since then I've been plagued with Something called "surftastic" which I think may have been removed by Revo. I'm also getting a message from Avast that there is an infection it is blocking. Message reads: Url: http:// utf16.localrte.com/apps/dist/Select-N-Go_2010 infection: Win32:Evo-gen [susp] and infection is blocked by Avast.
Another thing, my key for "PrtScr" also has "SysRq" below it. On other keys with 2 labels, one is black and one is blue. According to manual, I use "Fn" key to use the blue ones. Odd that the PrtScr and SysRq are both black. Don't find anything to tell me how to use one of the black ones. Thank you again for your expert help and endless patience.

 

I checked thru my owners manual. Explanation given for all but 3 keys on top row. All are printed in black, one is prtscr-sysrq, and no mention of how to use them. I checked entire manual, in case they were mentioned elsewhere.
Ran JRT have file on desktop. Ran and cleaned AdwCleaner. saved file. For some reason unknown to me, they downloaded to my downloads folder, not the desktop. I made no changes to location. JRT file will not upload. may have saved it wrong. Will review previous posts on this thread to find save to desktop instructions.
Am over run with pop ups. I almost hit my nephew for messing with my laptop.

 

After last post I did short scan with Avast, no threats. also ran malwarebytes, 14 threats detected, all removed successfully. One really concerned me- Pum bad proxy- registry value- HKCU\software\Microsoft\Windows\current value Internet settings proxy server Data-HTTP:// 127.0.0.1.13828
Have no more popups.
I didn't download software from local library until after 15 March, I checked my downloads folder, that is date I downloaded Adobe Digital Editions, downloaded Overdrive on library site day or two later. Will be more careful in future, watch for check boxes in agreements on websites. And close down computer when nephew drops in.
Thanks again for all your expert help. Have signed on to Bleeping Computer, looks like a good knowledge base for me. Still have much to learn.

 

I still had pop ups, Select N Go was quite elusive. I ran JRT and AdwareCleaner, again. No issues. Ran malwarebytes, it removed 1, bad proxy. Still had select n go plagueing me. Ran Decrapifier on 23 March, it removed Select N Go. Yeah! I could not find it in my programs list, but decrapifier did. No more problems, and Decrapifier created a restore point. Thanks doesn't seem enough for all your time and help that you have given me. I feel like there is no way to thank you completely. It's been a long and winding road, but with all your patience, I was able to get my machine in usable condition again. Can't thank you enough! Will attempt safe surfing, thanks to your advise.